Definition

Verb: - To escape, to break loose: To get free from a place of confinement, restraint, or captivity. It describes an animal or person getting out of an enclosure, cage, or prison.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Con chim đã sổng khỏi lồng. (The bird broke loose from its cage.)
  • Tên tù nhân nguy hiểm đã sổng chuồng. (The dangerous prisoner escaped from jail.)
  • Cẩn thận kẻo con chó sổng xích đấy. (Be careful or the dog will slip its leash.)

Advanced Usage

• "sổng mất": to escape and be lost.

  • Đám trẻ không đóng cửa chuồng và con thỏ đã sổng mất. (The kids didn't close the hutch and the rabbit escaped and got lost.)

• "cho sổng": to let (something) escape, often accidentally.

  • Anh ta vô tình cho sổng con cá vừa câu được. (He accidentally let the fish he just caught escape.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sổng sểnh (verb): to slip away, to be misplaced or lost (often for objects). This is a separate compound word.
  • Chìa khóa bị sổng sểnh ở đâu đó. (The keys got misplaced somewhere.)

Synonyms

• Thoát ra: to get out, to break out.
• Trốn thoát: to flee, to run away (often with more intention and planning than "sổng").
• Tuột khỏi: to slip from (e.g., one's grasp).

Notes on Meaning

• The word sổng typically implies an accidental or unplanned escape from physical confinement. It is commonly used for animals (pets, livestock) or prisoners.
• It is less formal than trốn thoát (to escape/flee) and often carries a nuance of something slipping away unexpectedly.

verb

1. to escape, to break loose