ngực

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Một em bé đeo yếm dãi trên ngực.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Chest: The front upper part of the human body, between the neck and the abdomen, encased by the ribs.
   • Breast: Specifically refers to the bosom or mammary glands, particularly of a woman.
   • Thorax: The anatomical term for the part of the body between the neck and the diaphragm, containing the heart and lungs.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Chest):
  • Anh ấy bị đau ở ngực. (He has pain in his chest.)
  • Cô ấy ôm con vào lòng ngực. (She held the child to her chest.)
• Noun (Breast):
  • Cô ấy mặc áo ngực. (She wears a bra.)
• Noun (Thorax):
  • Bác sĩ chụp X-quang ngực cho bệnh nhân. (The doctor took a chest X-ray for the patient.)

Advanced Usage

• "ngực nở": Literally "developed chest," often used to describe a broad or muscular chest in men, or a full bust in women.
  • Vận động viên bơi lội thường có ngực nở. (Swimmers often have a broad chest.)
• "đau ngực": Chest pain.
  • Triệu chứng chính của cơn đau tim là đau ngực. (The main symptom of a heart attack is chest pain.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lồng ngực (n): The ribcage; the bony structure of the chest.
  • Chấn thương làm gãy xương sườn ở lồng ngực. (The injury fractured a rib in the ribcage.)
• Vòng ngực (n): Chest measurement; bust measurement.
  • Cô ấy đo vòng ngực để may áo dài. (She measured her bust to tailor an áo dài.)

Synonyms

• Chest: The general front upper torso.
• Breast: Specifically the mammary area.
• Thorax: The medical/anatomical term for the chest cavity.
• Bust: A term for a woman's chest, often related to measurement or clothing.

Related Idioms

• Ức hiếp: To bully or oppress. (Note: This uses "ức," a character meaning "chest" or "indignation," and is related conceptually to feelings held in the chest.)
  • Kẻ lớn không nên ức hiếp kẻ nhỏ. (The strong should not bully the weak.)

Học thuật

noun

1. chest; breast; borom
   • ngực nở
     wide chest