Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Glossy, smooth and shiny: Describes a surface that is very smooth, polished, and reflects light, giving it a shiny appearance.
   • Sleek, lustrous: Indicates a surface that is not only smooth but also has a fine, attractive sheen.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Mặt bàn nhẵn bóng. (The table top is glossy/smooth and shiny.)
  • Chiếc xe mới có lớp sơn nhẵn bóng. (The new car has a sleek, glossy paint job.)
  • Sau khi đánh vecni, gỗ trở nên nhẵn bóng. (After applying varnish, the wood became smooth and lustrous.)

Advanced Usage

• Used figuratively to describe skill or fluency: Sometimes used metaphorically to describe speech or performance that is very smooth and polished.
  • Bài phát biểu của anh ấy nghe rất nhẵn bóng. (His speech sounded very smooth/polished.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nhẵn (adj): Smooth. Often refers to a surface without roughness but may not imply shininess.
  • Con đường nhẵn. (The road is smooth.)
• Bóng (adj): Shiny, glossy. Often refers to the reflective quality itself.
  • Lớp sơn bóng. (The glossy paint.)
• Bóng loáng (adj): Very shiny, gleaming. Emphasizes a high degree of shininess, sometimes excessively so.
  • Sàn nhà bóng loáng. (The floor is gleaming.)

Synonyms

• Láng (adj): Glossy, shiny (often used for surfaces like coated paper or polished floors).
• Láng bóng (adj): Smooth and shiny. A close synonym.
• Lustrous (adj): Having a soft, radiant shine (more formal English equivalent).

Related Phrases (Collocations)

• Đánh bóng cho nhẵn bóng: To polish until glossy.
  • Anh ấy đánh bóng chiếc giày cho thật nhẵn bóng. (He polished the shoe until it was very glossy.)
• Nhẵn bóng như gương: As smooth and shiny as a mirror.
  • Mặt đá cẩm thạch nhẵn bóng như gương. (The marble surface is as smooth and shiny as a mirror.)

Related Idioms

• (Không common as a standalone idiom): The word "nhẵn bóng" itself is descriptive and is not typically the core of a common Vietnamese idiom. However, it appears in descriptive phrases.

1. Glossy, smooth and shiny
   • Mặt bàn nhẵn bóng
     A glossy table top