Definition

Noun: - Wisdom tooth: The last molar tooth in each side of the upper and lower jaw in humans, which typically appears in late adolescence or early adulthood.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Tôi sắp phải nhổ chiếc răng khôn. (I am about to have my wisdom tooth extracted.)
  • Răng khôn của anh ấy đang mọc và gây đau nhức. (His wisdom tooth is erupting and causing pain.)
  • Không phải ai cũng mọc đủ bốn chiếc răng khôn. (Not everyone develops all four wisdom teeth.)

Advanced Usage

• "mọc răng khôn": to have one's wisdom teeth come in; to cut one's wisdom teeth.
  • Cô ấy đang mọc răng khôn nên rất khó chịu. (She is cutting her wisdom teeth, so she is very uncomfortable.)
• "nhổ răng khôn": to have a wisdom tooth extracted; to get one's wisdom tooth pulled.
  • Nhổ răng khôn là một thủ thuật nha khoa phổ biến. (Having a wisdom tooth extracted is a common dental procedure.)

Variants and Related Words

• Răng số tám (noun): Another common Vietnamese term for "wisdom tooth", literally meaning "tooth number eight".
  • Răng số tám thường mọc lệch. (Wisdom teeth often grow in crooked.)
• Răng cối lớn thứ ba (noun): The formal anatomical term, meaning "third molar".
  • Răng khôn còn được gọi là răng cối lớn thứ ba. (The wisdom tooth is also called the third molar.)

Synonyms

• Răng hàm cuối cùng (noun): The last molar.
• Răng cấm (noun, less common/regional): Literally "forbidden tooth", an older or dialectal term sometimes used for wisdom teeth.

Related Phrases

• Viêm lợi trùm răng khôn (noun): Pericoronitis (inflammation of the gum tissue around a partially erupted wisdom tooth).
  • Anh ấy bị viêm lợi trùm răng khôn. (He has pericoronitis around his wisdom tooth.)
• Răng khôn mọc ngầm (noun): Impacted wisdom tooth.
  • Phim X-quang cho thấy một chiếc răng khôn mọc ngầm. (The X-ray shows an impacted wisdom tooth.)

Related Idioms

• "Khôn đến răng, dại đến tóc": A Vietnamese proverb. It literally means "wisdom comes with teeth, foolishness comes with hair", humorously commenting on the paradox of gaining a "wisdom" tooth (associated with maturity) while potentially making unwise decisions in youth. It highlights the irony of the name.
  • Người ta thường nói "khôn đến răng, dại đến tóc" khi nhắc đến tuổi trẻ. (People often say "wisdom comes with teeth, foolishness comes with hair" when referring to youth.)

noun

1. wisdom-tooth