sún
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- Adjective:
- (Of baby teeth) Decayed, broken off, or missing before the permanent teeth grow in: Describes the condition of a child's primary teeth that have been damaged by decay or broken, leaving a gap before the adult tooth emerges.
- (Of teeth) Having a visible gap or being worn down: Can describe teeth, especially front incisors, that are noticeably chipped, missing, or eroded.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Em bé đó có hàm răng sún. (That baby has decayed/missing baby teeth.)
- Răng cửa của nó bị sún mất một mảng. (Its front tooth is chipped/broken off.)
- Trẻ con hay bị sún răng nếu ăn nhiều đồ ngọt. (Children often get decayed teeth if they eat a lot of sweets.)
Advanced Usage
- "sún răng": The most common collocation, meaning "to have decayed/missing baby teeth" or describing the state of such teeth.
- Tình trạng sún răng sớm ở trẻ cần được phòng ngừa. (Early childhood tooth decay needs to be prevented.)
- Used to describe a characteristic, often in a somewhat endearing or descriptive way about a child's appearance.
- Cậu bé cười để lộ hàm răng sún đáng yêu. (The boy smiled, revealing his cute, gappy teeth.)
Variants and Related Words
- Sún răng (Compound Noun/Adjectival Phrase): The state of having decayed or missing baby teeth.
- Bệnh sún răng (tooth decay in children)
- Sứt (Verb/Adjective): To chip, to notch. While sứt often refers to chipping on objects or lips, sún is specific to (baby) teeth.
- Sứt mẻ (chipped and damaged)
Synonyms
- Hỏng (răng) (Adjective): Bad, rotten (teeth). More general.
- Mục (răng) (Adjective): Rotten, decayed (teeth). Emphasizes decay.
- Gãy (răng) (Verb/Adjective): Broken (tooth). Focuses on the breakage itself.
Notes on Meaning
- The word sún is almost exclusively used in the context of children's primary (baby/milk) teeth. It is not typically used for permanent adult teeth; terms like (cavities/tooth decay) or (broken tooth) are used instead.
- It implies a visible defect—a gap, a broken-off piece, or noticeable decay—not just invisible cavities.
- The reference to (to feed by mouth, as a bird to its chicks) in older dictionaries is now very rare and archaic. The primary modern meaning relates to teeth.