sum sê

Thân thiện

Cây cối trong vườn sum sê lá xanh.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Luxuriant, lush, thick, dense: Describes plants, foliage, or hair that grows abundantly, densely, and healthily, creating a full and rich appearance.
   • Plentiful, abundant: Can describe something that is full and plentiful in a more general sense.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Khu vườn phía sau nhà cây cối sum sê. (The backyard garden has luxuriant vegetation.)
  • Mái tóc cô ấy dày và sum sê một cách đáng ngưỡng mộ. (Her hair is thick and lush in an admirable way.)
  • Những tán lá sum sê tạo thành một mái vòm xanh mát. (The dense foliage forms a cool green canopy.)

Advanced Usage

• "sum sê cành lá": luxuriant with branches and leaves.
  • Cây cổ thụ sum sê cành lá tỏa bóng rộng. (The ancient tree, luxuriant with branches and leaves, casts a wide shadow.)
• Used to metaphorically describe non-physical things that are full and rich.
  • Đời sống tinh thần sum sê. (A rich spiritual life.) (Note: This usage is less common and more poetic.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sum suê (adj): This is a common variant with the same meaning as "sum sê".
  • Vườn rau sum suê. (A lush vegetable garden.)
• Xum xuê (adj): Another common variant, also meaning luxuriant and thick.
  • Râu xum xuê. (A bushy beard.)
• Sum (verb, in compounds): To gather, to congregate (e.g., - to reunite). Note: This is a different root word.

Synonyms

• Rậm rạp: dense, thick (often for forests, bushes).
• Tươi tốt: verdant, flourishing.
• Um tùm: bushy, overgrown (can imply a wild, untamed thickness).

Antonyms

• Thưa thớt: sparse, thinly scattered.
• Còi cọc: stunted, underdeveloped.
• Khẳng khiu: bare, scrawny (often for branches).

Học thuật

adj

1. luxuriant