Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Plastic: Relating to the visual arts that involve modeling or shaping forms, such as sculpture, ceramics, or painting. It describes the quality of being able to give form or shape to materials.
   • Plastic (surgical): Pertaining to medical procedures that reconstruct or reshape bodily tissues.

2. Noun (in compound forms):

   • Plastic art: The field of arts concerned with the creation of physical, three-dimensional forms or the representation of forms in two dimensions.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Nghệ thuật tạo hình (Plastic arts)
  • Phẫu thuật tạo hình (Plastic surgery)

Advanced Usage

• The term is primarily used in formal or academic contexts related to art and medicine. In everyday Vietnamese, it is rarely used as a standalone word but almost always as part of a compound noun phrase (e.g., ).

Variants and Related Words

• Nghệ thuật tạo hình (n): Plastic arts. This is the most common compound.
  • Triển lãm về nghệ thuật tạo hình (An exhibition of plastic arts)
• Phẫu thuật tạo hình (n): Plastic surgery.
  • Bác sĩ chuyên về phẫu thuật tạo hình (A doctor specializing in plastic surgery)

Synonyms

• Plastic (in the context of art or surgery)
• Formative (pertaining to giving form)
• Sculptural (related to the art of shaping)

Related Concepts

• Điêu khắc (Sculpture): A major discipline within the plastic arts.
• Tạo dáng (To pose, to model): Related to arranging or shaping a form, often used in photography or fashion.

1. tính từ. plastic