Definition

1. Noun:

   • Dew: Water droplets that form on cool surfaces, especially at night or in the early morning, from the condensation of atmospheric moisture.
   • Frost, Rime: A light, white deposit of ice crystals that forms on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing.
   • Mist, Light Fog: A visible suspension of fine water droplets in the air, less dense than fog.

2. Adjective (Literary):

   • Frosted, Silvered, Graying: Having a white or silvery color, resembling frost or dew; often used to describe graying hair.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • Cỏ ướt sương. (The grass is wet with dew.)
  • Mỗi sáng, những hạt sương long lanh đọng trên lá. (Every morning, glistening dew droplets gather on the leaves.)
  • Trời lạnh khiến cửa kính phủ một lớp sương trắng. (The cold weather caused a white layer of frost to form on the windowpane.)
  • Màn sương mỏng phủ lên cánh đồng lúc bình minh. (A thin mist covered the field at dawn.)

• Adjective:

  • Mái tóc sương của ông nội. (My grandfather's silvered hair.)
  • Tuổi già, tóc đã điểm sương. (In old age, his hair has become frosted.)

Advanced Usage

• "Điểm sương" (Dew point): (Meteorology) The temperature at which dew forms.

  • Điểm sương hôm nay rất cao, cho thấy độ ẩm không khí lớn. (Today's dew point is very high, indicating high air humidity.)

• "Sương giá" (Frost, Hoarfrost): A more severe, crystalline frost.

  • Mùa đông ở đây thường có sương giá. (Winter here often brings frost.)

• "Sương muối" (White frost, Rime): A type of frost that forms a white, granular deposit.

  • Sương muối có thể làm hại cây trồng. (White frost can damage crops.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sương mù (n): Fog. A thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface.

  • Sương mù dày đặc khiến tầm nhìn bị hạn chế. (The dense fog limited visibility.)

• Sương sáo (n): A type of jelly made from the mesona chinensis plant (grass jelly).

  • Chè đậu đen thường có thêm sương sáo. (Black bean sweet soup often includes grass jelly.)

• Sương mai (n): Morning dew.

  • Hoa nở rộ đón những giọt sương mai. (The flowers bloom, welcoming the morning dew.)

Synonyms

• Hơi nước: Water vapor.
• Móc (Literary/Regional): Dew.
• Giá (Literary): Frost.

Related Phrases (Collocations)

• Ướt sương / Đẫm sương: Dew-drenched, wet with dew.

  • Bãi cỏ đẫm sương. (A dew-drenched lawn.)

• Tóc bạc như sương: Hair as white as frost (a poetic way to describe gray/white hair).

  • Cụ già với mái tóc bạc như sương. (The old man with hair as white as frost.)

Related Idioms

• "Mưa dầm thấm lâu, sương sa ướt lá": (Proverb) Literally "Persistent rain soaks deeply, gentle dew wets the leaves." It means persistent, gentle efforts have a profound and lasting effect, unlike sudden, forceful ones.
• "Sương phai mây tản": (Literary idiom) Literally "The mist dissipates, the clouds scatter." It is used to describe something fading away, disappearing, or a situation being resolved.

noun

1. dew
   • cỏ ướt sương
     grass wet in dew