tát
Definition
- Verb:
- To slap: To hit someone or something quickly and forcefully with the flat, open hand.
- To scoop (water): To remove or move water (or another liquid) using a container like a bucket or a bowl, typically in a repeated, dipping motion.
- To bail out: To remove water from a boat or a flooded area using a container.
Usage Examples
- Verb (to slap):
- Bà ấy tát kẻ trộm. (She slapped the thief.)
- Đừng tát con. (Don't slap the child.)
- Verb (to scoop/bail):
- Nông dân đang tát nước vào ruộng. (The farmers are scooping water into the field.)
- Họ phải tát nước ra khỏi thuyền. (They had to bail water out of the boat.)
Advanced Usage
- The phrase "mắng như tát nước" (to scold as if scooping water) is an idiom meaning to scold someone severely and continuously, as if drenching them with words.
- Sếp mắng nhân viên như tát nước. (The boss scolded the employee severely.)
Variants and Related Words
- Tát tai (v/n): A synonym for slapping, often emphasizing a slap to the ear/cheek area. Can be used as a verb or a noun (meaning "a slap").
- Hắn bị tát tai. (He got slapped.)
- Tát gầu (v): To scoop water specifically using a bucket ().
Synonyms
- Slap: To hit with an open hand.
- Scoop: To lift and move with a container.
- Bail: To remove water from a vessel.
- Douse (in the idiom "mắng như tát nước"): To drench.
Related Idioms
- Mắng như tát nước: To scold or berate someone intensely and without pause.
- Cô giáo mắng học sinh hư như tát nước. (The teacher gave the misbehaving student a severe scolding.)
verb
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to slap. to scoop (water). to bail out of (a boat)
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