Definition

Adjective: - Raw or undercooked: Describes food, especially meat, vegetables, or fruit, that is not cooked sufficiently or not cooked at all, and is therefore hard, crunchy, or difficult to chew and digest. - Unripe: Describes fruit that is not yet mature, typically hard, sour, or lacking in sweetness and flavor.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Món thịt này nấu sống sít, không thể ăn được. (This meat dish is undercooked/raw; it's inedible.)
  • Đừng hái xoài, chúng vẫn còn sống sít. (Don't pick the mangoes; they are still unripe.)
  • Rau ăn sống sít có thể không an toàn. (Eating raw vegetables may not be safe.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used with a negative connotation to criticize food preparation, implying the food is unpleasant or improperly prepared.
  • Cả rổ ổi toàn quả sống sít. (The whole basket of guavas is full of unripe fruit.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sống (adj): Raw, alive. Can refer to food (e.g., - raw salad) or a state of being alive.
• Chưa chín (adj): Not yet ripe or not yet cooked. A more neutral and common phrase for "unripe" or "undercooked."

Synonyms

• Raw: Uncooked.
• Undercooked: Not cooked enough.
• Unripe: Not mature (for fruit).
• Green: Unripe (informal, for fruit).

Related Idioms

• Ăn sống nuốt tươi: (To eat raw and swallow whole) An idiom meaning to exploit or treat someone very harshly and without mercy.
  • Bọn cho vay nặng lãi đó ăn sống nuốt tươi người nghèo. (Those loan sharks ruthlessly exploit the poor.)

adj

1. raw, uripe undone