Definition

1. Noun:
   • White hair / Gray hair: Hair that has lost its natural pigment, turning white or gray, typically due to aging but sometimes from stress or illness.
   • A symbol of age and experience: "Tóc bạc" often represents old age, wisdom, or the passage of time.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Ông ấy đã có nhiều sợi tóc bạc. (He has many strands of white hair.)
  • Tóc bạc là dấu hiệu của tuổi già. (Gray hair is a sign of old age.)
  • Lo lắng khiến tóc cô ấy bạc sớm. (Worry caused her hair to turn gray early.)

Advanced Usage

• "Tóc bạc da mồi": A four-word idiom describing the appearance of old age, literally "white hair and speckled skin."
  • Cụ đã đến tuổi tóc bạc da mồi. (The elder has reached the age of white hair and speckled skin.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bạc tóc (v): The process of hair turning white.
  • Ông ấy bắt đầu bạc tóc từ năm ngoái. (He started going gray last year.)

Synonyms

• Gray hair: Hair that is partly or wholly white due to loss of pigment.
• White hair: Hair that is completely white.
• Silver hair: A more poetic or polite term for white or gray hair.

Related Idioms

• Đầu bạc răng long: A traditional idiom for extreme old age, literally "white head, loose teeth."
  • Cụ đã sống đến tuổi đầu bạc răng long. (He has lived to the age of white head and loose teeth.)