té
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Definition
- Verb:
- To fall, to fall down: "Té" primarily means to fall to the ground, often accidentally or by losing one's balance.
- To spill, to splash: "Té" can also mean to throw or splash a small amount of liquid, typically with the palm of the hand.
Usage Examples
- Verb (to fall):
- Cậu bé bị trượt chân và té xuống đất. (The boy slipped and fell to the ground.)
- Cẩn thận kẻo té đấy! (Be careful or you'll fall!)
- Verb (to splash/spill):
- Đừng té nước lên sàn nhà. (Don't splash water on the floor.)
- Bọn trẻ té nhau ướt hết. (The children splashed each other and got all wet.)
Advanced Usage
- "Té ngửa": To fall flat on one's back; often used figuratively to express great surprise or shock.
- Nghe tin ấy, tôi suýt té ngửa. (Hearing that news, I almost fell over backwards in shock.)
- "Té xỉu" (colloquial): To faint, to pass out (from shock, surprise, or illness).
- Biết tin con đỗ đại học, bà ấy mừng muốn té xỉu. (Upon hearing her child passed the university exam, she was so happy she almost fainted.)
Variants and Related Words
- Ngã (verb): A more formal or standard synonym for "té" meaning .
- Đổ (verb): Means or a larger quantity, unlike the small, splashing action of "té".
- Hắt (verb): To flick or toss something (like water or dust); similar to the "splash" meaning of "té".
Synonyms
- Rơi: To fall, to drop (can be for objects or people, but less specific about losing balance than "té").
- Trượt chân ngã: To slip and fall (a more descriptive phrase).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Té nhào: To tumble down, to take a heavy fall.
- Ông ấy té nhào xuống cầu thang. (He tumbled down the stairs.)
- Té giếng: To fall into a well; used literally or as an idiom for getting into serious, inescapable trouble.
- Công ty đó đang trên bờ vực phá sản, như té giếng rồi. (That company is on the verge of bankruptcy, it's like falling into a well.)
Related Idioms
- Té tát (Northern dialect): To splash around (water); to engage in a water fight.
- Trời nóng, lũ trẻ ra sông té tát. (It's hot, the kids went to the river to splash around.)
- Sốc đến té ghế: So shocked that one falls off their chair (an expression of extreme surprise).
- Giá vé tăng gấp đôi, sốc đến té ghế! (The ticket price doubled, it's shocking enough to make you fall off your chair!)