Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Whitish / Off-white: Describes a color that is very pale or light white, not a pure or bright white. It often implies a faint, diluted, or slightly grayish white.
   • Slightly white: Indicates something has a hint or tinge of white, but is not fully or vividly white.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Bức tường sơn màu trăng trắng. (The wall is painted a whitish color.)
  • Sau cơn mưa, bầu trời có màu trăng trắng. (After the rain, the sky had a whitish hue.)
  • Chiếc áo cũ ấy đã phai thành màu trăng trắng. (That old shirt has faded to an off-white color.)

Advanced Usage

• Used to describe the pale, often dull white color of certain natural phenomena or faded objects.
  • Mặt trăng hôm nay trông trăng trắng và mờ ảo. (The moon looks whitish and hazy tonight.)

Variants and Related Words

• Trắng (adj): White (the pure, standard color).
  • Tuyết có màu trắng tinh. (Snow is pure white.)
• Bạch (adj): White (often literary or used in compound words, e.g., - white horse).
• Trắng bệch (adj): Pale white, often describing a lack of color in someone's face due to fear or illness.
  • Mặt cô ấy tái nhợt trắng bệch. (Her face was sickly pale.)

Synonyms

• Whitish: Having a white color that is not strong or pure.
• Off-white: A white color that is slightly mixed with gray, yellow, or another color.
• Pale white: Very light white.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Trăng trắng như vôi: As white as lime; used to emphasize a stark, pale white color, often unnaturally so.
  • Căn phòng trống trơn, tường quét trăng trắng như vôi. (The room was bare, its walls painted white as lime.)