Definition

1. Verb:
   • To sprinkle; to pour or scatter a liquid lightly and gently over a surface: The action of letting a liquid fall in small drops or a thin stream, typically to moisten, season, or coat something.
   • To souse; to drench or soak with a liquid: While often implying a lighter action than "drench," it can mean to wet something thoroughly by pouring.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cô ấy rưới nước sốt lên món salad. (She sprinkled the sauce over the salad.)
  • Trước khi nướng, anh ấy rưới một ít dầu ô liu lên cá. (Before grilling, he drizzled a little olive oil over the fish.)
  • Mưa rưới nhẹ trên những tán lá. (The rain sprinkled lightly on the leaves.)

Advanced Usage

• "Rưới rượu": To sprinkle or pour wine (often in a ceremonial or cooking context).
  • Đầu bếp rưới rượu vang đỏ lên món thịt hầm. (The chef sprinkled red wine over the stew.)
• "Rưới nước mắm": To sprinkle or add fish sauce (a common action in Vietnamese cooking).
  • Chỉ cần rưới nước mắm pha lên cơm trắng là có thể ăn. (You can eat it by just sprinkling mixed fish sauce over white rice.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tưới (verb): To water, to irrigate. This implies a more substantial or directed flow of liquid, often for plants.
  • Tưới cây (to water plants).
• Rắc (verb): To sprinkle (solid particles). Used for scattering dry ingredients like salt, pepper, or herbs.
  • Rắc tiêu (to sprinkle pepper).
• Giội (verb): To pour copiously, to douse. Implies a heavier, more forceful application of liquid.
  • Giội nước (to douse with water).

Synonyms

• Sprinkle: To scatter in small drops or particles.
• Drizzle: To pour in a fine, gentle stream.
• Moisten: To make slightly wet.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Rưới lên: To sprinkle onto/over something.
  • Hãy rưới sốt lên trên bánh. (Please sprinkle the sauce onto the cake.)
• Rưới xuống: To sprinkle down (from above).
  • Nước từ mái nhà rưới xuống. (Water sprinkled down from the roof.)

Related Idioms

• Rưới dầu vào lửa: Literally "to sprinkle oil into the fire," meaning to aggravate a situation, to add fuel to the fire.
  • Những bình luận đó chỉ như rưới dầu vào lửa. (Those comments were just like adding fuel to the fire.)

verb

1. to sprinkle; to souse