sụt

Thân thiện

Giá hàng hóa sụt trong tháng này.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To collapse or subside: To fall in or downward suddenly, often due to a loss of support or structural integrity. Commonly used for land, structures, or surfaces.
   • To drop or decrease: To fall or go down in level, amount, value, or intensity. Frequently used for prices, weight, temperature, or volume.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Mái nhà cũ có thể sụt bất cứ lúc nào. (The old roof could collapse at any time.)
  • Giá xăng đã sụt mạnh trong tuần qua. (The price of gasoline has dropped sharply in the past week.)
  • Anh ấy bị sụt năm cân sau trận ốm. (He lost five kilograms after his illness.)

Advanced Usage

• "sụt sịt": to sniffle, often from having a cold or crying.

  • Cô bé sụt sịt vì cảm lạnh. (The little girl is sniffling because of a cold.)

• "sụt giảm": to decline, to diminish (a more formal compound for decrease).

  • Sản lượng công nghiệp sụt giảm. (Industrial output is declining.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sụt lún (v): to subside, to sink (especially of ground).

  • Mặt đường bị sụt lún sau mưa lớn. (The road surface subsided after the heavy rain.)

• Sụt cân (v): to lose weight.

  • Bệnh nhân sụt cân nhanh chóng. (The patient is losing weight rapidly.)

Synonyms

• Collapse: to fall down suddenly.
• Drop: to fall to a lower level.
• Decrease: to become less or smaller.

Related Idioms

• Sụt sùi: to sob quietly, to weep softly.

  • Nghe tin buồn, cô ấy ngồi sụt sùi. (Hearing the sad news, she sat sobbing quietly.)

• Sụt bẫy: to fall into a trap (literal or figurative).

  • Con thú sụt bẫy của thợ săn. (The animal fell into the hunter's trap.)

Học thuật

verb

1. to tumble, to collapse to go down, to drop, to fall, to decrease