Definition

1. Verb:
   • To reflect: To show an image of something on a surface, like light on water or a mirror. It describes the phenomenon where an object's shape or light appears on another surface.
   • To be reflected: To appear as an image on a reflective surface.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Anh nhìn hàng cây soi bóng mặt hồ. (He looked at the rows of trees reflected in the lake.)
  • Ánh trăng soi bóng xuống dòng sông. (The moonlight is reflected on the river.)
  • Tòa nhà cao tầng soi bóng xuống mặt hồ phẳng lặng. (The skyscraper is reflected on the calm lake surface.)

Advanced Usage

• "soi bóng mình": To look at one's own reflection.
  • Cô gái soi bóng mình trong gương. (The girl looks at her reflection in the mirror.)
• Used in literary and descriptive contexts to create imagery of stillness, beauty, or introspection.

Variants and Related Words

• Phản chiếu (verb): To reflect. A more general or technical synonym.
• Soi (verb): To shine a light on, to illuminate. This is the root verb, where "soi bóng" combines "soi" (to illuminate) and "bóng" (shadow/image) to mean the image is "illuminated" or shown on a surface.
• Bóng (noun): Shadow, reflection, image.

Synonyms

• Phản ánh: To reflect (often used for light, ideas, or situations).
• Chiếu bóng: To project a shadow/image (less common).

Related Phrases

• Soi gương: To look in the mirror.
• In bóng: To cast a shadow/reflection (similar meaning).

1. Reflect
   • Anh nhìn hàng cây soi bóng mặt hồ
     He looked at the rows of trees reflected in the lake