Definition

1. Verb:
   • To bubble up: To produce and release small bubbles of gas, typically from a liquid, often due to boiling, fermentation, or a chemical reaction.
   • To fizz / To effervesce: To show small bubbles rising to the surface, as in a carbonated drink or an effervescent tablet dissolving.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Nước sôi bắt đầu sủi bọt. (The boiling water began to bubble up.)
  • Cốc nước ngọt sủi bọt rất nhiều. (The glass of soda fizzed a lot.)
  • Men làm cho bột sủi bọt. (The yeast makes the dough bubble.)

Advanced Usage

• "sủi bọt máu": to froth blood (at the mouth). This is a descriptive phrase, not a compound verb.
  • Con chó dại sủi bọt máu ở miệng. (The rabid dog frothed blood at its mouth.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sủi (v): to rise or emerge, often used in the context of bubbles or small objects coming to the surface. It is the root verb in "sủi bọt."
  • Bong bóng sủi lên từ đáy hồ. (Bubbles rose from the bottom of the lake.)

Synonyms

• Bubble: to form bubbles.
• Fizz: to make a hissing sound and produce bubbles.
• Effervesce: (formal) to give off bubbles of gas.

Related Idioms

• Giận sủi bọt mép: to be so angry that one froths at the mouth (figuratively).
  • Nghe tin đó, anh ta giận sủi bọt mép. (Hearing that news, he was furious [to the point of frothing at the mouth].)

verb

1. to bubble up