rắc
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Definition
- Verb:
- To sprinkle; to scatter: To distribute small, loose particles (like powder, seeds, or granules) over a surface in a light, even manner.
- To dust: To lightly coat a surface with a fine, powdery substance.
- (Of a dry, hard object) to make a short, sharp cracking sound: To produce a brief, crisp sound, often indicating breaking or snapping.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Cô ấy rắc muối lên khoai tây chiên. (She sprinkles salt on the french fries.)
- Rắc một ít đường phèn lên mặt bánh. (Dust some rock sugar on top of the cake.)
- Nghe tiếng rắc, tôi biết cây bút chì đã gãy. (Hearing the crack, I knew the pencil had broken.)
Advanced Usage
- "rắc rối": troublesome, complicated. This is a common compound adjective.
- Tình hình trở nên rắc rối. (The situation became complicated.)
Variants and Related Words
Rải rắc (v): to scatter, to strew (often over a wider or more dispersed area).
- Người nông dân rải rắc hạt giống trên cánh đồng. (The farmer scatters seeds across the field.)
Răng rắc (onomatopoeia, reduplication): a repeated cracking or crunching sound.
- Anh ấy ăn kẹo cứng kêu răng rắc. (He ate the hard candy with a crunching sound.)
Synonyms
- Sprinkle: to scatter in small drops or particles.
- Scatter: to throw loosely about.
- Dust: to cover lightly with a powdery substance.
- Crack: to make a sharp, snapping sound.
Related Idioms
- Rắc muối vào vết thương: to rub salt in the wound (to make a bad situation even worse for someone).
- Nhắc lại thất bại của anh ấy lúc này chẳng khác nào rắc muối vào vết thương. (Bringing up his failure now is like rubbing salt in the wound.)
verb
- to sprinkle;to dust
- rắc đườngto dust with sugar