sô- cô- la

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Chocolate: A sweet, typically brown food substance made from roasted and ground cacao seeds, often sweetened and flavored. It is consumed as a confectionery or used as a flavoring.
   • Chocolate color: A dark brown color resembling the shade of chocolate.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Food):
  • Tôi thích ăn sô-cô-la đen. (I like to eat dark chocolate.)
  • Cô ấy mua một thanh sô-cô-la sữa. (She bought a bar of milk chocolate.)
• Noun (Color):
  • Chiếc áo khoác màu sô-cô-la rất đẹp. (The chocolate-colored coat is very beautiful.)

Advanced Usage

• "sô-cô-la nóng": hot chocolate.
  • Vào mùa đông, tôi thường uống sô-cô-la nóng. (In winter, I often drink hot chocolate.)

Variants and Related Words

• Kẹo sô-cô-la (n): chocolate candy.

  • Trẻ con rất thích kẹo sô-cô-la. (Children really like chocolate candy.)

• Bánh sô-cô-la (n): chocolate cake.

  • Hôm nay là sinh nhật cô ấy, chúng tôi có bánh sô-cô-la. (It's her birthday today, we have chocolate cake.)

Synonyms

• Cocoa confection: A sweet made from cocoa.
• Brown: The color (when referring to the shade).

Related Idioms

• Ngọt như sô-cô-la: As sweet as chocolate (used to describe something very sweet or a very sweet person).
  • Giọng nói của cô ấy ngọt như sô-cô-la. (Her voice is as sweet as chocolate.)