quện
Definition
- Verb:
- To mat, to clot, to become tangled: Refers to substances, often viscous or sticky, adhering together or to another surface in a thick, inseparable mass. It describes a state where things are stuck or clumped in a messy, difficult-to-separate way.
- To be smeared or caked on: Describes a substance being thickly and messily stuck onto something else.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Sơn quện vào tóc. (Paint matted in the hair.)
- Máu quện lại thành cục. (The blood clotted into a lump.)
- Đường và bơ quện vào nhau. (The sugar and butter became tangled/clumped together.)
Advanced Usage
- The word "quện" often carries a connotation of an undesirable, messy, or uncontrolled adhesion. It is not typically used for neat or intentional mixing.
Variants and Related Words
- Quyện (v): This is the more standard, non-dialectal synonym. It can mean to blend or intertwine, sometimes in a more poetic or neutral sense (e.g., - scent wafting in the wind), but can also be used similarly to "quện" for tangling.
- Dính bết (v): to stick thickly, to be plastered on.
Synonyms
- Mat: to form into a thick, tangled mass.
- Clot: to form a thick, semi-solid lump (especially for liquids like blood).
- Tangle: to become twisted together in a confused mass.
- Cake on: to form a thick, hard layer on a surface.
Related Idioms
- While "quện" itself is not commonly found in many idioms, its standard variant "quyện" appears in phrases like:
- Quyện vào nhau: to be intimately intertwined or blended together.
- Âm thanh và ánh sáng quyện vào nhau. (Sound and light were intertwined.)
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Mat, clot, be (become) tangled
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Sơn quện vào tócHair matted (clotted) with paint
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