Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Slimy, slippery, and dirty: Describes a surface that is wet, sticky, and unpleasantly dirty, often due to mud, grease, or a viscous substance. It implies a combination of sliminess and filth.
   • Muddy, mucky: Specifically refers to a surface covered in wet, sticky mud, making it slippery and dirty.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Trời mưa, đường nhầy nhụa. (It rained, the road was slimy and muddy.)
  • Sau trận lũ, sân nhà nhầy nhụa bùn đất. (After the flood, the yard was mucky with mud.)
  • Tay nó nhầy nhụa dầu mỡ. (His hands were greasy and grimy.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "nhầy nhụa" often carries a strong negative connotation of disgust, describing something not just wet or slippery, but repulsively dirty and sticky.

Variants and Related Words

• Nhầy (adj): Slimy, viscous. Often describes the texture of substances like mucus or egg white.
  • Chất lỏng đó rất nhầy. (That liquid is very slimy.)
• Nhớp nháp (adj): Greasy, grimy, oily to the touch. Similar to "nhầy nhụa" but may emphasize grease over mud.
  • Bát đĩa nhớp nháp vì chưa rửa. (The dishes were greasy because they weren't washed.)

Synonyms

• Slimy: Covered with or resembling slime; slippery and viscous.
• Muddy: Covered in or full of mud.
• Grimy: Covered with dirt or soot.
• Mucky: Dirty with mud or filth.

Related Idioms and Expressions

• While "nhầy nhụa" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is commonly used in descriptive phrases to evoke a vivid sense of unpleasant, dirty wetness.
  • Cả người nhầy nhụa mồ hôi và bụi. (His whole body was slimy with sweat and dust.)

1. Slimy, slippery with slush
   • Trời mưa, đường nhầy nhụa
     The road was slimy from rain