nhị
Definition
Noun:
- Stamen: In botany, "nhị" is the male reproductive organ of a flower, consisting of a filament and an anther that produces pollen.
- A Two-Stringed Fiddle: A traditional Vietnamese musical instrument with two strings, played with a bow.
Numeral (Archaic/Literary):
- Two: An old Sino-Vietnamese term for the number two, primarily found in classical literature, proverbs, or fixed expressions. It is not used in modern everyday counting.
Usage Examples
Noun (Botany):
- Hoa này có rất nhiều nhị. (This flower has many stamens.)
- Ong bay từ hoa này sang hoa khác để hút mật và mang theo phấn từ nhị. (Bees fly from flower to flower to collect nectar and carry pollen from the stamens.)
Noun (Music):
- Tiếng nhị nghe buồn da diết. (The sound of the nhị fiddle is deeply sorrowful.)
- Ông cụ chơi nhị rất hay. (The old man plays the two-stringed fiddle very well.)
Numeral:
- Nhất bên trọng, nhị bên khinh. (Proverb: Literally "One side is heavy, two sides are light," meaning to favor one side over the other.)
Advanced Usage
- "bộ nhị": (Botany) Androecium; the collective term for all the stamens in a flower.
- Bộ nhị của hoa sen rất dễ thấy. (The androecium of the lotus flower is very visible.)
Variants and Related Words
- Đàn nhị (n): Another name for the two-stringed fiddle.
- Đàn nhị là nhạc cụ dân tộc quan trọng. (The đàn nhị is an important traditional instrument.)
Synonyms
- Stamen: (for botany) No direct common synonym, described as "the pollen-producing part."
- Two-Stringed Fiddle / Vietnamese Fiddle: (for music)
- Two / Second: (for numeral) hai, thứ hai. Note: "hai" is the modern, common word for "two."
Related Idioms and Proverbs
- Nhất cử lưỡng tiện / Nhất cử nhị tiện: Killing two birds with one stone. (This uses the Sino-Vietnamese "nhị").
- Nhất bên trọng, nhị bên khinh: As above, meaning to be partial or biased.
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