sổ
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Definition
Noun:
- Register, book, notebook: A bound set of pages used for recording information, such as accounts, names, or notes.
- Vertical stroke: In calligraphy, particularly for Chinese characters (Hán tự), a straight stroke written from top to bottom.
Verb:
- To cross out, to strike out: To draw a line through written text to indicate deletion or cancellation.
- To escape, to get out: To break free from confinement or restraint.
- To come undone, to unravel: For something that is tied, braided, or woven to become loose or untied.
- To be delivered (of a baby): To be born, to come out from the mother's womb.
- To grow rapidly: To shoot up in height or size quickly.
- To fray: For fabric edges to become unraveled or worn.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- Cô ấy ghi chú vào sổ tay. (She takes notes in her notebook.)
- Viết chữ Hán phải chú ý nét sổ. (When writing Chinese characters, you must pay attention to the vertical stroke.)
Verb:
- Giáo viên sổ một câu sai trong bài văn. (The teacher crossed out an incorrect sentence in the essay.)
- Con chim sổ khỏi lồng. (The bird escaped from its cage.)
- Bím tóc của cô ấy bị sổ ra. (Her braid came undone.)
- Đứa bé mới sổ được vài ngày. (The baby was just delivered a few days ago.)
- Nó sổ cao hẳn sau kỳ nghỉ hè. (He shot up in height after the summer break.)
- Mép vải đã bắt đầu sổ. (The edge of the fabric has started to fray.)
Advanced Usage
"sổ sách": (n) books, accounts, records. Refers to financial or administrative records collectively.
- Công ty cần kiểm tra lại sổ sách. (The company needs to audit its books.)
"sổ đỏ": (n) literally "red book"; the common name for the Land Use Right Certificate in Vietnam.
- Giao dịch nhà đất cần có sổ đỏ. (Real estate transactions require the "red book".)
Variants and Related Words
Sổ tay (n): notebook, pocketbook, manual.
- Anh ấy luôn mang theo sổ tay để ghi ý tưởng. (He always carries a notebook to jot down ideas.)
Sổ lồng (v phrase): to escape from a cage; often used metaphorically for breaking free.
- Cảm giác như chim sổ lồng. (It feels like a bird that has escaped its cage.)
Synonyms
- Noun (book): register, ledger, logbook.
- Verb (cross out): delete, strike through, cancel.
- Verb (escape): break free, flee, get away.
- Verb (unravel): come loose, untie, undo.
Related Idioms
Sổ toẹt: to flatly deny or reject; to dismiss completely.
- Họ đã sổ toẹt mọi cáo buộc. (They flatly denied all accusations.)
Sổ nợ đời: (literary) to be born into life's debts; to be born.
- Đứa trẻ sổ nợ đời trong một đêm mưa. (The child was born on a rainy night.)
verb
- to cross, to cross out to escape to undo, to spilt to be overgrown