Definition

1. Verb:
   • To fall; to drop: To move downward, typically rapidly and freely without control, from a higher to a lower level. Often used for smaller or lighter objects, or in Southern Vietnamese speech.
   • To fail (an exam, test, or course): To not achieve a passing grade or standard in an academic or formal evaluation.
   • To be left behind; to remain: To stay in a place when others have moved on, or to be omitted from a selected group.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cây viết rớt xuống đất. (The pen fell to the ground.)
  • Nó rớt kỳ thi tuyển sinh. (He failed the entrance exam.)
  • Một vài người rớt lại phía sau. (A few people were left behind.)

Advanced Usage

• "rớt giá": to fall in price, to depreciate.
  • Cổ phiếu rớt giá mạnh. (The stock price fell sharply.)
• "rớt nước mắt": (literally: to drop tears) to shed tears, to cry.
  • Nghe câu chuyện, cô ấy rớt nước mắt. (Hearing the story, she shed tears.)

Variants and Related Words

• Rơi (v): A more standard and common synonym for "to fall" or "to drop."
• Rớt rớt (v, reduplicated form): To drip or trickle lightly and intermittently.
  • Mưa rớt rớt ngoài hiên. (The rain dripped lightly on the porch.)

Synonyms

• Fall / Drop: to descend freely.
• Fail: to be unsuccessful.
• Remain / Be left: to stay behind.

Related Idioms

• Nghèo rớt mồng tơi: (literally: poor enough for one's betel leaves to fall) to be extremely poor, dirt-poor.
  • Sau trận bão, nhiều gia đình nghèo rớt mồng tơi. (After the storm, many families were left dirt-poor.)
• Xanh rớt / Xanh rờn: (literally: to fall green) to be very pale, often from fear or sickness.
  • Mặt nó xanh rớt khi nghe tin. (His face turned deathly pale upon hearing the news.)

verb

1. to fall; to drop
   • mũ của nó rớt xuống
     His hat fell off to fail
   • thi rớt
     to fail at an examination