nống

Thân thiện

Mẹ dùng cái nống để phơi ngô.

Definition

1. Verb:

   • To prop up, to lever up: To lift or support something using a lever or similar tool.
   • To push, to exert, to try one's best: To make a strong effort or to push oneself to do something.
   • (Less common) To spoil, to indulge: To treat someone, especially a child, with excessive leniency or generosity.

2. Noun (dialectal):

   • A broad, flat drying basket: A large, shallow, circular basket traditionally made of bamboo or rattan, used for drying foodstuffs like rice or corn in the sun.
   • A plaiting model/form: A template or mold used by artisans as a guide when weaving baskets or similar items.

Usage Examples

• Verb:

  • Họ dùng cây gỗ to để nống cột nhà lên. (They used a large log to prop up the house pillar.)
  • Vận động viên nống sức ở chặng đua cuối cùng. (The athlete pushed himself to the limit in the final leg of the race.)
  • Bố mẹ không nên nống con quá mức. (Parents should not spoil their children excessively.)

• Noun:

  • Ngô được phơi đầy trên cái nống. (Corn was spread out to dry on the broad drying basket.)
  • Người thợ đan dùng nống để đảm bảo hình dáng chiếc rổ. (The weaver uses a plaiting form to ensure the shape of the basket.)

Advanced Usage

• Military/Expansion Context: Can describe an enemy force expanding or pushing outwards from a secured area to encroach on surrounding territory.
  • Quân địch nống ra, lấn chiếm vùng xung quanh. (The enemy forces pushed out, encroaching on the surrounding area.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nong (n): A more common, standard term for a broad, flat drying basket.
• Nống nả (v, dialectal): To urge or encourage someone persistently.

Synonyms

• Prop up: Chống, đỡ.
• Exert: Cố gắng, gắng sức.
• Spoil: Nuông chiều, chiều chuộng.
• Basket: Rổ, mẹt, nia (different types of baskets).

Related Idioms

• Nống sức, nống chí: An idiom emphasizing the act of putting in maximum effort and determination.
  • Cả đội nống sức, nống chí để giành chiến thắng. (The whole team pushed with all their strength and will to achieve victory.)

Học thuật

1. (địa phương) Broad flat drying basket
2. Plaiting model
3. Prop up
   • Nống cột nhà
     To prop up a pillar. endeavour, push up
   • Nống sức
     To try one's best.
4. (ít dùng) Spoil
   • Nống con
     To spoil one's children