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.)

verb

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