tôm
Definition
- Noun:
- Shrimp: A small, swimming crustacean with a long body, ten legs, and a thin shell, living in water. This is the primary and most common meaning.
- (Slang) A catch, an arrest: Used colloquially to mean catching or arresting someone (e.g., a criminal) red-handed.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Shrimp):
- Món tôm hấp rất ngon. (Steamed shrimp is very delicious.)
- Ngư dân đánh bắt tôm ngoài khơi. (Fishermen catch shrimp offshore.)
- Noun (Slang: Catch/Arrest):
- Cảnh sát đã tóm cổ tên trộm. (The police caught the thief red-handed.)
- Bọn buôn lậu bị tôm gọn trong đêm. (The smugglers were neatly arrested at night.)
Advanced Usage
- "Đắt như tôm tươi": An idiom meaning "as expensive as fresh shrimp," used to describe something very costly or precious.
- Giá xăng dầu tăng cao, đắt như tôm tươi. (Gasoline prices are soaring, as expensive as fresh shrimp.)
- "Tôm tươi" vs. "Tôm khô": "Fresh shrimp" versus "dried shrimp," indicating different processed states of the ingredient.
Variants and Related Words
- Tôm sú: Tiger prawn (a larger species of shrimp/prawn).
- Tôm he: Whiteleg shrimp.
- Tôm càng: Crayfish or large freshwater prawn.
- Con tôm: The creature shrimp (using the general classifier 'con' for animals).
- Tôm hùm: Lobster (a different, much larger crustacean).
- Nghề nuôi tôm: Shrimp farming/aquaculture.
- Lưới đánh tôm: Shrimp net.
Synonyms
- Con tép: A smaller type of shrimp or prawn, often used interchangeably in some contexts but generally refers to a smaller variety.
- Tạo giáp: Crustacean (scientific/formal term).
Related Phrases/Idioms
- "Tôm tươi": Literally "fresh shrimp," often used in the idiom above or to denote high quality.
- "Bị tôm cổ": A slang phrase meaning "to be caught/captured by the neck," i.e., to be arrested.
- "Hàng tôm hàng cá": A phrase describing a street vendor selling seafood (shrimp and fish), implying a small-scale trade.
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