Definition

1. Noun:
   • Horse: A large, solid-hoofed mammal (Equus caballus) domesticated for riding, racing, and carrying or pulling loads.
   • Horsepower: A unit of power (abbreviated as hp), used especially to rate engines.
   • Vaulting horse, pommel horse: A piece of gymnastic equipment with a padded body and legs or handles, used for vaulting or pommel horse exercises.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Animal):
  • Anh ấy cưỡi ngựa trên bãi biển. (He rides a horse on the beach.)
  • Ngựa là một loài động vật rất trung thành. (The horse is a very loyal animal.)
• Noun (Horsepower):
  • Chiếc xe máy này có công suất 150 ngựa. (This motorcycle has an output of 150 horsepower.)
• Noun (Gymnastics equipment):
  • Vận động viên thể dục nhảy qua ngựa một cách điêu luyện. (The gymnast vaulted over the horse skillfully.)

Advanced Usage

• "ngựa ô": A black horse.
  • Chàng kỵ sĩ cưỡi một con ngựa ô. (The knight rides a black horse.)
• "ngựa hay có tật": Literally "a good horse often has a flaw"; an idiom meaning even good people/things have their weaknesses.
  • Đừng quá thất vọng, ngựa hay có tật mà. (Don't be too disappointed; even the best have their flaws.)
• "tái ông mất ngựa": Literally "the old man at the frontier lost his horse"; an idiom meaning a loss may turn out to be a blessing in disguise (derived from the Chinese parable).
  • Anh đừng buồn, biết đâu lại là chuyện tái ông mất ngựa. (Don't be sad; who knows, this might be a blessing in disguise.)

Variants and Related Words

• Ngựa cái: Mare (a female horse).
• Ngựa đực: Stallion (an uncastrated male horse).
• Ngựa con: Foal, colt (male), or filly (female).
• Ngựa vằn: Zebra.
• Cá ngựa: Seahorse.
• Ngựa gỗ: Wooden horse (e.g., a toy, or referring to the Trojan Horse).
• Cưỡi ngựa: To ride a horse.
• Thuật cưỡi ngựa / Môn cưỡi ngựa: Equestrianism, horse riding.

Synonyms

• Tuấn mã (literary): A fine, handsome horse; a steed.
• Mã (Sino-Vietnamese, used in compounds): Horse (e.g., - horsepower, - cavalry).

Related Phrases (Compound Words)

• Đua ngựa: Horse racing.
• Trường đua ngựa: Racecourse, hippodrome.
• Chuồng ngựa: Stable.
• Bịt móng ngựa: To shoe a horse.
• Thợ bịt móng ngựa: Farrier.
• Xe ngựa: Horse-drawn carriage.

Related Idioms

• Đầu ngựa, mặt ngựa: Literally "horse head, horse face"; describes someone with a very long or unattractive face.
  • Hắn ta có bộ mặt đầu ngựa mặt ngựa. (He has a face as long as a horse's.)
• Cưỡi ngựa xem hoa: Literally "to view flowers while on horseback"; to do something in a hurried, superficial manner without paying close attention.
  • Anh ấy chỉ cưỡi ngựa xem hoa chứ không đọc kỹ báo cáo. (He just skimmed through the report without reading it carefully.)

noun

1. horse
   • con ngựa vằn