Definition

1. 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

1. to sprinkle;to dust
   • rắc đường
     to dust with sugar