Definition

1. Noun:
   • Heart: The muscular organ in the chest that pumps blood throughout the body.
   • Wick: (Local/dialectal usage) The cord in an oil lamp or candle that draws up fuel to be burned.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Heart):
  • Nhịp tim của anh ấy rất đều. (His heart rate is very steady.)
  • Cô ấy có một trái tim nhân hậu. (She has a kind heart.)
• Noun (Wick):
  • Tim đèn đã cháy hết. (The lamp wick has burned out.)
  • Hãy cắt bớt tim nến đi. (Please trim the candle wick.)

Advanced Usage

• "trái tim": Literally "fruit of the heart," this is the most common and poetic term for "heart," especially referring to the physical organ or the seat of emotions.
  • Trái tim là cơ quan quan trọng. (The heart is a vital organ.)
  • Anh ấy đã chiếm trọn trái tim cô. (He has completely won her heart.)
• "bệnh tim": Heart disease.
  • Ông ấy đang điều trị bệnh tim. (He is being treated for heart disease.)
• "tim gan": (Idiomatic) Heart and liver; used to express deep, visceral feelings like anxiety or fear.
  • Tin đó làm tôi tim gan bồn chồn. (That news made me extremely anxious.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tim mạch (n): Cardiology; cardiovascular.
  • Bác sĩ chuyên khoa tim mạch. (A cardiology specialist.)
• Nhịp tim (n): Heartbeat, pulse.
  • Nhịp tim bình thường. (A normal heart rate.)
• Cấy ghép tim (n): Heart transplant.
• Suy tim (n): Heart failure.
• Đau tim (n): Heart attack.

Synonyms

• Trái tim (n): Heart (more common and emotive).
• Tâm (n): Heart, mind, spirit (more literary or philosophical, e.g., - soul).
• Bấc (n): Wick (standard term, while is dialectal for this meaning).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Thắt tim (v): To feel a tight, painful sensation in the heart (often from emotion).
  • Cảnh tượng đó khiến tôi thắt tim. (That scene made my heart ache.)
• Vỡ tim (v): To have a broken heart.
  • Cô ấy vỡ tim sau cuộc chia tay. (She had a broken heart after the breakup.)

Related Idioms

• "Tim đập chân run": Heart pounding, legs shaking; to be very nervous or scared.
  • Lần đầu phát biểu, tôi tim đập chân run. (The first time I gave a speech, I was nervous and shaky.)
• "Treo đầu dê, bán thịt chó" / "Khẩu Phật tâm xà": These idioms describe hypocrisy ("hanging a goat's head but selling dog meat" / "mouth of Buddha, heart of a snake"). They contrast with the concept of a good (heart).
• "Một trái tim vàng": A heart of gold; a very kind and generous person.
  • Bà ấy thực sự có một trái tim vàng. (She truly has a heart of gold.)

noun

1. heart wick