Definition

1. Verb:
   • To leak; to drip; to seep: To describe a liquid escaping slowly in small drops or a thin stream through a small hole, crack, or porous material.
   • To rust; to corrode: To undergo the chemical process where iron or steel is damaged by oxidation, forming a reddish-brown coating. (Note: This meaning is often interchangeable with the word "gỉ").

Usage Examples

• Verb (to leak/seep):
  • Nước rỉ từ đường ống bị nứt. (Water is leaking from the cracked pipe.)
  • Máu vẫn rỉ ra từ vết thương. (Blood is still seeping from the wound.)
• Verb (to rust):
  • Chiếc xe đạp cũ để ngoài trời đã bắt đầu rỉ. (The old bicycle left outside has started to rust.)
  • Dao bằng thép không rỉ này rất bền. (This stainless steel knife is very durable.)

Advanced Usage

• "rỉ rả": To describe a continuous, slow, and often annoying dripping or leaking sound.
  • Tiếng nước rỉ rả từ vòi suốt đêm. (The sound of water dripping from the faucet all night.)
• "rỉ tai": To whisper; to tell someone something privately or secretly.
  • Cô ấy rỉ tai cho tôi một bí mật. (She whispered a secret to me.)

Variants and Related Words

• Gỉ (v/n): A common variant for "to rust" or "rust" (the substance). (The gate is rusty.)
• Rò rỉ (v): To leak (often used for information or gases/liquids under pressure). (The news was leaked to the press.)
• Thấm (v): To soak through, to permeate (focuses on absorption rather than escaping). (Rainwater soaks through the wall.)

Synonyms

• Leak/Seep: drip, ooze, exude.
• Rust: corrode, oxidize.

Related Idioms

• Rỉ như chuột: (Literally: to whisper/rust like a mouse) To be extremely quiet or secretive.
  • Họ nói chuyện rỉ như chuột trong góc phòng. (They were talking as quietly as mice in the corner of the room.)

verb

1. to leak; to drip

verb

1. to rust; to get rusty
   • không rỉ
     rust-proof