quện

Thân thiện

Sơn quện vào tóc của cậu bé.

Definition

1. 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.)

Học thuật

1. Mat, clot, be (become) tangled
   • Sơn quện vào tóc
     Hair matted (clotted) with paint