phơ
Definition
- Adjective (Reduplicative form: "phơ phơ"):
- Completely white, snowy white: Used almost exclusively to describe hair or a beard that has turned entirely and brightly white, often with a connotation of age or venerability. It emphasizes a pure, uniform whiteness.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Ông cụ đầu bạc phơ. (The old man has snowy-white hair.)
- Râu tóc bạc phơ phơ. (His beard and hair are completely white.)
Advanced Usage
- The word is rarely used in isolation in modern Vietnamese. Its primary and most natural form is the reduplicative "phơ phơ".
- It carries a poetic or descriptive tone, often used in literature or respectful descriptions of the elderly.
Variants and Related Words
- Phơ phơ (adj): The standard, more common reduplicative form meaning "completely white" (for hair/beard).
- Mái tóc bạc phơ phơ của bà. (Her head of snowy-white hair.)
Synonyms
- Bạc trắng: white as silver, silvery white.
- Bạc trắng như cước: white as thread, idiom for very white hair.
Related Idioms
- Đầu bạc phơ: A set phrase meaning "a head of snowy-white hair," symbolizing old age and often wisdom.
- Cụ già đầu bạc phơ ngồi đọc sách. (The old man with snowy-white hair sat reading a book.)
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Snowy
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phơ phơ (láy)
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Đầu bạc phơ phơSnow-white hair, snowy hair
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