nhũ bộ
Definition
- Verb:
- To breastfeed: The primary meaning of "nhũ bộ" is the act of a mother feeding her infant directly from her breast.
- To spoon-feed / to hand-feed: An extended meaning refers to the act of feeding someone, typically a child or an infirm person, by putting food directly into their mouth.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Người mẹ đang nhũ bộ đứa trẻ. (The mother is breastfeeding the child.)
- Bà ngoại nhũ bộ cháu từng thìa cháo. (The grandmother spoon-feeds her grandchild each spoonful of porridge.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is formal and somewhat literary or old-fashioned in modern Vietnamese. In everyday speech, "cho bú" is more common for breastfeeding, and "đút ăn" or "mớm" is more common for spoon-feeding.
Variants and Related Words
Cho bú (v): to breastfeed, to nurse.
- Cô ấy cho con bú. (She is nursing her baby.)
Đút ăn (v): to feed (by hand/spoon).
- Y tá đút ăn cho bệnh nhân. (The nurse feeds the patient.)
Synonyms
- Breastfeed: to feed a baby with milk from the breast.
- Nurse: to feed a baby at the breast.
- Spoon-feed: to feed with a spoon.
- Hand-feed: to feed by hand.
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