sũng

Thân thiện

Quần áo phơi ngoài trời bị ướt sũng sau cơn mưa.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Dripping wet; soaked; drenched: Describes something, typically fabric or a porous material, that is completely saturated with water or another liquid to the point where it may drip.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Quần áo ướt sũng. (Dripping wet clothes.)
  • Cơn mưa làm tôi ướt sũng. (The rain left me soaked.)
  • Chiếc khăn sũng nước. (The towel is drenched with water.)

Advanced Usage

• "sũng nước": This common collocation explicitly means "soaked with water."

  • Đất sũng nước sau trận mưa. (The ground is waterlogged after the rain.)

• Reduplication for emphasis: "sũng sũng" is a reduplicated form that intensifies the meaning, translating to "thoroughly soaked" or "sopping wet."

  • Áo mưa rách khiến anh ấy ướt sũng sũng. (The torn raincoat left him sopping wet.)

Variants and Related Words

• Ướt (adj): wet. "Sũng" implies a much higher degree of wetness than just "ướt."

Synonyms

• Soaked: thoroughly wet.
• Drenched: wet through and through.
• Sodden: heavy with water; saturated.
• Waterlogged: saturated with water.

Related Idioms

• Ướt như chuột lột: (idiom) Literally "wet like a skinned mouse," meaning completely drenched. This is a stronger, more vivid synonym for the state described by "sũng."

Học thuật

1. Drip (with water)
   • Quần áo ướt sũng
     Dripping wet clothes