Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Rotten / Putrid: Describes organic matter, especially food, that has decomposed, producing a foul and offensive smell.
   • Stinking / Foul-smelling: Characterizes anything emitting a very bad odor.
   • (Slang) Terrible / Lousy: Used colloquially to describe something of very poor quality, contemptible, or worthless.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Trái cây này đã thúi rồi. (This fruit is rotten.)
  • Có mùi thúi trong phòng. (There is a stinking smell in the room.)
  • Bộ phim đó diễn viên đóng thúi quá. (The acting in that movie was so lousy.)

Advanced Usage

• "thúi mũi": Literally "rotten nose"; an intensifier for something extremely foul-smelling.

  • Mùi từ cống thúi mũi. (The smell from the drain is nose-rottenly foul.)

• "thúi thây" or "thúi xương": Literally "rotten corpse" or "rotten bones"; a strong vulgar insult implying someone is contemptible or worthless.

  • Đồ thúi thây! (You rotten scoundrel!)

Variants and Related Words

• Thối (adj): The standard, more formal synonym for "rotten" or "stinky." "Thúi" is often considered a dialectal or colloquial variant of "thối."
  • Thịt thối. (Rotten meat.)

Synonyms

• Rotten / Decayed: Having undergone decomposition.
• Putrid: In a state of foul decay.
• Fetid / Stinking: Smelling extremely unpleasant.
• (Slang) Crappy / Awful: Of very poor quality.

Related Idioms and Expressions

• Thúi như cú: As stinky as an owl (a type of small owl is associated with a bad smell in Vietnamese folklore); means extremely stinky.

  • Cái hố rác này thúi như cú. (This garbage pit is as stinky as an owl.)

• Tiền thúi: Literally "rotten money"; refers to ill-gotten gains or dirty money.

  • Hắn làm giàu từ tiền thúi. (He got rich from dirty money.)