nhào
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- Verb:
- To fall headlong; to tumble; to plunge: To fall forward suddenly and uncontrollably, often headfirst.
- To knead; to mix and work (a substance): To work a soft, moist substance (like dough or clay) by pressing, folding, and stretching it with one's hands.
Usage Examples
- Verb (to fall/plunge):
- Trượt chân nhào xuống sông. (To slip and fall headlong into the river.)
- Thủ môn nhào ra bắt bóng. (The goalkeeper dived to catch the ball.)
- Verb (to knead):
- Nhào bột làm bánh. (To knead dough to make a cake.)
- Nhào đất sét để nặn tượng. (To knead clay to sculpt a statue.)
Advanced Usage
- "nhào nặn": Literally "to knead and mold." Used figuratively to mean to shape, form, or train someone/something, often through effort and influence.
- Người thầy đã nhào nặn nên một thế hệ học trò xuất sắc. (The teacher molded an excellent generation of students.)
Variants and Related Words
- Lộn nhào (v): To somersault; to tumble over.
- Đứa trẻ lộn nhào trên bãi cỏ. (The child tumbled on the grass.)
- Nhào lộn (v): To perform acrobatics or somersaults.
- Những nghệ sĩ xiếc nhào lộn trên không. (The circus artists performed aerial acrobatics.)
Synonyms
- Fall/Plunge: dive, pitch forward, topple.
- Knead: work, mix, pummel.
Related Idioms
- Nhào vô: A colloquial phrase meaning to jump into (an activity or situation) eagerly or hastily.
- Thấy có việc, anh ấy nhào vô làm ngay. (Seeing there was work, he jumped right in to do it.)
- Fall headlong
- Trượt chân nhào xuống sôngTo slip and fall headlong into the river
- Knead
- Nhào bột làm bánhTo knead dough anf make the cake