mứt
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Definition
- Noun:
- Jam, preserves, candied fruit: A sweet food product made by cooking fruit, flowers, seeds, or certain roots with a large amount of sugar until it reaches a thick, spreadable consistency or a candied, solid state. It is a traditional Vietnamese confectionery, especially popular during the Lunar New Year (Tết).
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Bà tôi thường tự tay làm mứt dừa để ăn Tết. (My grandmother often makes coconut jam by hand for Tet.)
- Trên bàn tiếp khách ngày Tết luôn có đĩa mứt hỗn hợp. (There is always a plate of assorted candied fruits on the guest table during Tet.)
- Mứt sen là một món ăn truyền thống và bổ dưỡng. (Candied lotus seeds are a traditional and nutritious delicacy.)
Advanced Usage
"làm mứt": to make jam/preserves/candied fruit.
- Mẹ tôi đang học cách làm mứt từ bà ngoại. (My mother is learning how to make candied fruit from my grandmother.)
"mứt để dành": preserved/jam saved for later.
- Hũ mứt để dành này có thể dùng được cả năm. (This jar of preserved jam can be used for the whole year.)
Variants and Related Words
Mức (n, less common variant): An alternate spelling sometimes used, particularly in certain regional dialects or older texts, with the same meaning as "mứt".
- Mức lạc (Sugar-coated peanuts).
Kẹo (n): Candy. While "mứt" is a type of sweet, it is specifically fruit/plant-based and cooked with sugar, distinct from hard candies or chocolates.
- Mứt Tết (n): Tet jam/candied fruit; refers specifically to the assortment of preserves traditionally served during the Vietnamese Lunar New Year.
Synonyms
- Jam: A thick spread made from fruit and sugar, usually with a softer consistency than some types of "mứt".
- Preserves: Fruit preserved by cooking with sugar.
- Candied fruit/Crystallized fruit: Fruit that has been impregnated with sugar syrup and dried, closely resembling many types of "mứt".
- Conserve: A type of jam, often with whole or large pieces of fruit.
Related Phrases
Hũ đựng mứt: jam jar/preserves jar.
- Cô ấy mua những hũ đựng mứt rất đẹp. (She bought very beautiful jam jars.)
Khay mứt: jam tray/candy tray (specifically for serving).
- Khay mứt được bày biện rất đẹp mắt. (The candied fruit tray is arranged very attractively.)
Related Idioms
- Ngọt như mứt: As sweet as candied fruit; used to describe something very sweet (can be literal or figurative, e.g., sweet words).
- Lời nói của anh ấy ngọt như mứt. (His words are as sweet as candied fruit.)
- Jam, sugar-coated fruit, sugar - preserved fruit
- Mứt senSugar-preserved lotos seeds
- Mức lạcSugar - coated ground-nuts
- Mứt gừngGingerjam
- Mứt camMarmalade