Definition

1. Verb:
   • To domesticate: The primary meaning of "thuần hóa" is to tame a wild animal or plant over generations so that it becomes useful to and lives alongside humans. This involves adapting it to a human environment and controlling its breeding.
   • To acclimatize / to naturalize: In botany and agriculture, "thuần hóa" can refer to the process of adapting a plant species to a new climate or soil so it can thrive in a different environment.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Con người đã thuần hóa chó từ hàng ngàn năm trước. (Humans domesticated dogs thousands of years ago.)
  • Các nhà khoa học đang cố gắng thuần hóa giống lúa mới cho vùng khí hậu này. (Scientists are trying to acclimatize the new rice variety for this climate region.)

Advanced Usage

• The process of "thuần hóa" implies a long-term, multi-generational effort to alter the behavior, genetics, and relationship of a species with humans.

Variants and Related Words

• Thuần dưỡng (v): Often used interchangeably with "thuần hóa," specifically for taming and training wild animals.
  • Thuần dưỡng voi là một truyền thống lâu đời. (Taming elephants is a long-standing tradition.)

Synonyms

• Domesticate: To adapt an animal to life with humans.
• Tame: To make a wild animal gentle and not afraid of humans.
• Acclimatize: To accustom a plant or animal to a new climate.

Related Concepts

• Nuôi (v): to raise, to rear. This refers to the act of keeping and caring for animals but does not inherently involve the taming process of "thuần hóa."
• Thuần (adj): tame, docile, pure. This adjective describes the state of being tamed or pure.

verb

1. to domesticate