sọ
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Definition
- Noun:
- Skull: The bony structure that forms the head and encloses and protects the brain. This is the primary and most common meaning.
- Head (colloquial, often in a negative or humorous context): Used informally to refer to a person's head, often implying it is empty, foolish, or hard.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Skull):
- Các nhà khảo cổ tìm thấy một hộp sọ người cổ đại. (Archaeologists found an ancient human skull.)
- Chấn thương sọ não rất nguy hiểm. (Traumatic brain injury is very dangerous.)
- Noun (Head - colloquial):
- Nó có cái sọ đặc, giải thích mãi không hiểu. (He has a thick skull, I've explained forever and he still doesn't understand.)
Advanced Usage
- "khoai sọ": A specific type of taro (a root vegetable). This is a fixed compound noun.
- Canh khoai sọ nấu sườn là món ăn truyền thống. (Taro root soup with pork ribs is a traditional dish.)
- "sọ dừa": Literally "coconut skull"; refers to the hard, hollowed-out shell of a coconut, often used as a container or in crafts.
- Họ làm gáo nước từ sọ dừa. (They made a water dipper from a coconut shell.)
Variants and Related Words
- Hộp sọ (n): Cranium; specifically the part of the skull that encloses the brain.
- Hộp sọ được cấu tạo từ nhiều xương ghép lại. (The cranium is made of several fused bones.)
- Sọ não (n): A compound term used in medical contexts relating to the skull and brain.
- Bệnh nhân phải chụp CT sọ não. (The patient had to get a CT scan of the head.)
Synonyms
- Skull: cranium.
- Head (colloquial): noggin, dome.
Related Medical/Scientific Terms
- Craniotomy (): A surgical operation where a bone flap is removed from the skull.
- Craniometry (): The scientific measurement of skulls.
- Craniology (): The scientific study of the shape and size of the skulls of different human races.