Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Wrinkled; creased: Describes a surface, especially skin, fabric, or paper, that is covered with many small lines or folds, often due to age, pressure, or being crumpled.
   • Shrivelled: Describes something, like fruit, that has become wrinkled and contracted, typically due to loss of moisture.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Khuôn mặt của bà cụ nhăn nheo vì tuổi tác. (The old woman's face is wrinkled with age.)
  • Tờ giấy bị vo tròn nên giờ nhăn nheo cả. (The paper was crumpled up, so now it's all creased.)
  • Quả táo để lâu ngày đã nhăn nheo. (The apple left for a long time has become shrivelled.)

Advanced Usage

• Used figuratively to describe a facial expression of displeasure, worry, or deep thought, resulting in a wrinkled forehead or face.
  • Nghe tin đó, anh ấy nhăn mặt lại, trán nhăn nheo. (Hearing that news, he grimaced, his forehead all wrinkled.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nhăn (adj/verb): To wrinkle; slightly wrinkled. Often used for a temporary or less severe state.

  • Cô ấy nhăn trán khi suy nghĩ. (She wrinkles her forehead when thinking.)

• Nheo (verb): Often used in "nheo mắt" meaning to squint one's eyes.

  • Ông ấy nheo mắt nhìn ra xa. (He squinted to look into the distance.)

Synonyms

• Wrinkled: Having wrinkles.
• Creased: Marked with lines or folds, especially on fabric.
• Furrowed: Deeply wrinkled (often for brows or earth).
• Shrivelled: Wrinkled and contracted due to drying.

Related Idioms

• Mặt nhăn như bị (simile): Face as wrinkled as a... (used with various comparisons, e.g., "mặt nhăn như khỉ" – face as wrinkled as a monkey's, to emphasize many wrinkles).

  • Sau khi ngủ dậy, mặt nó nhăn như bị. (After waking up, his face was all crumpled.)

• Nhăn nhó (adj): Often describes a facial expression showing pain, discomfort, or irritation, which involves wrinkling the face.

  • Đứa trẻ nhăn nhó vì không muốn uống thuốc. (The child grimaced because he didn't want to take the medicine.)

adj

1. wrinkled up