Definition

1. Verb:
   • To spray, to squirt, to jet: To forcefully eject a liquid or a fine substance in a stream or small droplets through a narrow opening.
   • To spout, to gush, to erupt: To flow or be ejected out suddenly and with great force, often in a large quantity (e.g., from a geyser or volcano).
   • To spew, to belch, to emit: To send out smoke, fire, or gas in a continuous, forceful stream.
   • To spit, to vomit (figurative): To utter words in a rapid, forceful, and often contemptuous or uncontrolled manner.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Người nông dân đang phun thuốc trừ sâu cho cây lúa. (The farmer is spraying pesticide on the rice plants.)
  • Vòi rồng phun nước rất cao. (The fountain jets water very high.)
  • Núi lửa đang phun tro bụi. (The volcano is spewing ash.)
  • Anh ta tức giận và phun ra một tràng lời lẽ thô tục. (He was angry and spewed a stream of vulgar words.)

Advanced Usage

• "phun trào": to erupt (used for volcanoes or figuratively for emotions).
  • Cảm xúc của cô ấy cuối cùng cũng phun trào. (Her emotions finally erupted.)
• "phun sương": to mist, to atomize (to spray in a very fine mist).
  • Máy tạo độ ẩm phun sương vào không khí. (The humidifier mists the air.)

Variants and Related Words

• Phun nước (v): to spray water, to squirt water.
  • Đứa trẻ nghịch ngợm phun nước từ vòi. (The mischievous child squirts water from the hose.)
• Phun thuốc (v): to spray medicine or chemicals.
  • Chúng tôi cần phun thuốc diệt muỗi. (We need to spray mosquito repellent.)

Synonyms

• Spray, squirt: for controlled ejection of liquid.
• Gush, spout, erupt: for a natural or forceful outflow.
• Spew, belch, emit: for ejecting smoke, fire, or gas.
• Blurt, spout: for uttering words forcefully.

Related Idioms

• Ngậm máu phun người: (Lit: To hold blood in one's mouth and spray it at others) To make false accusations against someone.
  • Hành động ngậm máu phun người của hắn thật đê tiện. (His act of making false accusations is truly despicable.)
• Phun châu nhả ngọc: (Lit: To spray pearls and eject jade) To speak or write in a very eloquent, beautiful, and refined manner.
  • Nhà thơ ấy phun châu nhả ngọc trong từng câu thơ. (That poet weaves words of great beauty in every line of poetry.)

verb

1. to eject;to belch; to vomit; to gush; to erupt