Definition

Verb: 1. To wind, to wrap, to coil: To encircle or surround an object by turning something flexible around it multiple times. 2. To cling to, to be attached to: To show affection or attachment by staying very close and not wanting to leave someone.

Usage Examples

1. To wind, to wrap, to coil:

   • Cô ấy quấn một chiếc khăn choàng quanh cổ. (She wound a scarf around her neck.)
   • Con rắn quấn quanh cành cây. (The snake coiled around the tree branch.)
   • Anh ấy quấn dây điện lại cho gọn. (He coiled the electrical cord to make it neat.)

2. To cling to, to be attached to:

   • Đứa trẻ luôn quấn lấy mẹ, không chịu rời. (The child always clings to its mother, refusing to leave.)
   • Chú chó con quấn quýt bên chân chủ. (The puppy sticks close to its owner's feet.)

Advanced Usage

• "quấn lấy": To wind around something or to cling tightly to someone.
  • Dây leo quấn lấy thân cây cổ thụ. (The vine winds itself around the ancient tree's trunk.)
  • Nó quấn lấy tay mẹ, không chịu đi. (He clung to his mother's hand, unwilling to go.)
• "quấn quýt": To be constantly and affectionately attached, often implying a close, intertwined relationship.
  • Hai đứa trẻ quấn quýt bên nhau suốt ngày. (The two children are inseparably attached to each other all day.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cuộn (v): To roll up (e.g., a mat, a poster). Focuses more on the action of rolling into a cylindrical shape rather than wrapping around another object.
• Quấn quít (v): A variant of "quấn quýt," with the same meaning of being closely and affectionately attached.
• Quấn vào (v): To wind/twine into or onto something.
  • Sợi chỉ quấn vào con suốt. (The thread winds onto the spool.)

Synonyms

1. For "to wind/wrap":
   • Vấn (v): To wrap, to bind (often used for wrapping cloth around the head or a wound).
   • Quanh (v): To encircle, to surround (more general, not necessarily involving a winding action).
2. For "to cling":
   • Bám (v): To cling, to hold on to.
   • Quyến luyến (v): To be attached, to be reluctant to part (describes the feeling more than the physical action).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Quấn vào nhau: To be entwined/wrapped around each other.
  • Hai sợi dây quấn vào nhau rất chặt. (The two strings are entwined very tightly.)
• Quấn quanh: To wind/wrap around (something).
  • Con đường nhỏ quấn quanh ngọn đồi. (The small path winds around the hill.)

Related Idioms

• Quấn như chạch: To be as clingy as a loach (a slippery fish that is hard to hold). Used to describe someone, especially a child, who is very clingy and hard to detach.
  • Thằng bé quấn như chạch, bà ấy không làm được việc gì. (The boy clings like a leech, she can't get anything done.)

verb

1. to wind; to twine
   • quấn khăn
     to wind a turband