Definition

Noun: - Baskets: A general term referring to various types of baskets and similar woven containers, typically made from bamboo, rattan, or similar materials. It denotes a category of household items used for carrying, storing, or measuring goods.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Người nông dân mang rau ra chợ trong những chiếc thúng mủng. (The farmer brings vegetables to the market in baskets.)
  • Những chiếc thúng mủng đan bằng tre được xếp ngay ngắn. (The bamboo-woven baskets are neatly stacked.)
  • Cô ấy sưu tầm đủ loại thúng mủng của các dân tộc miền núi. (She collects all kinds of baskets from ethnic minority groups in the mountainous regions.)

Advanced Usage

• "Đồ thúng mủng": A phrase meaning "basketware" or "wickerwork items," referring collectively to objects made from woven materials.
  • Cửa hàng này bán nhiều đồ thúng mủng thủ công mỹ nghệ. (This store sells a lot of handicraft basketware.)

Variants and Related Words

• Thúng (noun): A specific type of round, shallow, and wide basket, often with a flat bottom.
  • Thúng thường dùng để phơi lúa. (A thúng is often used for sun-drying rice.)
• Mủng (noun): A specific type of basket, often deeper or with a different shape than a .
  • Mủng thích hợp để đựng trái cây. (A mủng is suitable for holding fruit.)
• Rổ (noun): A generic word for a basket, often with a more open weave; can be used more broadly than .
  • Rổ rá: A common compound meaning "baskets and winnowing baskets," similar in collective sense to thúng mủng.

Synonyms

• Rổ rá (noun): Baskets and winnowing trays; a near-synonymous collective term for woven containers.
• Đồ đan (noun): Woven items; a broader term for anything made by weaving, including baskets.

Related Phrases

• "Thúng mủng rổ rá": An expanded idiom emphasizing a wide assortment or all kinds of baskets and containers.
  • Nhà bếp của bà có đủ thúng mủng rổ rá. (Her kitchen has all sorts of baskets and containers.)

Related Idioms

• "Đong đầy thúng mủng": Literally "to fill the baskets full," often used to wish for or describe an abundant harvest or plentiful goods.
  • Chúc bà con năm mới được mùa, lúa gạo đong đầy thúng mủng. (Wishing everyone a new year with a bountiful harvest, with rice filling the baskets to the brim.)

noun

1. baskets