Definition

1. Intransitive Verb:
   • To multiply, to proliferate, to breed: To increase in number through natural reproduction or generation. This is the most common and core meaning, specifically referring to the natural process of living organisms (plants, animals, microorganisms) producing more of their own kind.
   • To grow abundantly, to flourish: To develop and spread in large numbers, often implying a favorable environment.

Usage Examples

• Intransitive Verb:
  • Vi khuẩn sinh sôi rất nhanh trong điều kiện ấm và ẩm. (Bacteria multiply very quickly in warm and moist conditions.)
  • Cỏ dại đã sinh sôi khắp khu vườn bỏ hoang. (Weeds have proliferated all over the abandoned garden.)
  • Loài động vật này sinh sôi vào mùa xuân. (This animal species breeds in the spring.)
  • Sự sống bắt đầu sinh sôi trên hành tinh mới. (Life began to flourish on the new planet.)

Advanced Usage

• "Sinh sôi nảy nở": This is a very common and fixed four-word idiom that reinforces and intensifies the meaning of "sinh sôi". It means "to multiply and flourish luxuriantly" or "to thrive and proliferate".
  • Ước mong con cháu sinh sôi nảy nở. (The wish for descendants to multiply and flourish.)
  • Công việc kinh doanh của họ ngày càng sinh sôi nảy nở. (Their business is increasingly thriving and expanding.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sinh sản (v): To reproduce. This is a more general and technical biological term for the act of reproduction.
• Phát triển (v): To develop, to grow. A broader term for growth in size, number, or complexity.
• Nảy nở (v): To bud, to blossom, to flourish. Often used figuratively for ideas or feelings.
• Bội sinh (v): To multiply rapidly (less common, more literary).

Synonyms

• Nhân lên: To increase in number (can be used for both living and non-living things).
• Lan tràn: To spread, to proliferate (often with a slightly negative connotation, like pests or diseases).
• Phồn thịnh: To prosper, to thrive (often used for communities or economies).

Related Idioms

• Sinh cơ lập nghiệp: To build a career and establish oneself (focuses on starting and building, not necessarily multiplying).
• Nở rộ: To bloom profusely; to spring up in large numbers (often used for trends, ideas, or flowers).

1. (sinh vật) Sinh sôi nảy nở
2. To multiply