phẳng
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Level, even, flat, plane: Describes a surface that is smooth, without any bumps, depressions, or slopes; having a uniform height or being horizontally even.
Usage
- The word phẳng is used to describe the physical quality of a surface. It can be used attributively (before a noun) or predicatively (after a linking verb like 'là', 'trở nên').
- It often implies a desirable state of smoothness or evenness.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Con đường này rất phẳng. (This road is very flat.)
- Cô ấy cần một mặt bàn phẳng để viết. (She needs a level table to write on.)
- Sau khi san lấp, mảnh đất đã trở nên phẳng. (After being leveled, the plot of land became even.)
Advanced Usage
- "phẳng lì": extremely flat and smooth, often over a wide area.
- Cánh đồng sau thu hoạch trông phẳng lì. (The field after harvest looks completely flat.)
- "phẳng phiu": neat, smooth, and tidy (can refer to surfaces or, figuratively, to situations).
- Chiếc áo đã được là phẳng phiu. (The shirt has been ironed smooth.)
Variants and Related Words
- Bằng phẳng (adj): flat, level, even (often used for roads or land).
- Đoạn đường này khá bằng phẳng. (This section of the road is quite level.)
- Mặt phẳng (n): a plane (a flat, two-dimensional surface in geometry).
- Hình chiếu trên mặt phẳng. (Projection onto a plane.)
- San phẳng (v): to level, to flatten.
- Họ dùng máy ủi để san phẳng khu đất. (They used a bulldozer to level the area.)
Synonyms
- Bằng: equal, level, flat.
- Phẳng phiu: smooth, even, neat.
- Nhẵn: smooth (often to the touch).
Related Idioms
- "Xuôi chèo mát mái, phẳng lặng tờ": (Everything goes) smoothly and peacefully. This idiom uses phẳng lặng (calm and flat) to describe a serene situation, like a smooth sea.
- Mong cho mọi việc xuôi chèo mát mái, phẳng lặng tờ. (I hope everything goes smoothly and peacefully.)