quần

Thân thiện

Một cô gái mặc chiếc quần màu xanh lam.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • Trousers; Pants: A garment covering the body from the waist to the ankles, divided into two parts for each leg.
   • Ball (archaic/sport-specific): A small ball, historically used in certain games. This meaning is now largely obsolete in common speech and is primarily found in specific compound terms related to sports like tennis.

2. Verb (colloquial):

   • To exhaust; to tire out: To make someone extremely tired, often through intense physical activity or pressure.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Garment):
  • Cô ấy mua một chiếc quần jeans mới. (She bought a new pair of jeans.)
  • Quần của anh ấy cần được là. (His trousers need to be ironed.)
• Verb:
  • Trận đấu tennis đó quần tôi ra. (That tennis match exhausted me.)
  • Đội đối phương bị quần cho một trận. (The opposing team was run ragged.)

Advanced Usage

• "quần vợt": This is a compound noun meaning "tennis." It literally combines the archaic "quần" (ball) and "vợt" (racket).
  • Anh ấy rất thích chơi quần vợt. (He really likes to play tennis.)

Variants and Related Words

• Quần đùi (n): Shorts.
  • Trời nóng nên tôi mặc quần đùi. (It's hot, so I'm wearing shorts.)
• Quần áo (n): Clothing; clothes (a common compound combining "quần" - trousers, and "áo" - shirt).
  • Cô ấy có rất nhiều quần áo. (She has a lot of clothes.)

Synonyms

• Trousers/Pants: slacks, bottoms.
• To exhaust: to wear out, to fatigue, to drain.

Related Idioms

• Quần là áo lượt: Dressed neatly and elegantly in fine clothes.
  • Cô ấy quần là áo lượt đi dự tiệc. (She was dressed to the nines for the party.)

Học thuật

noun

1. small ball; tenis ball. pants; trousers

verb

1. to tire out; to exhaust