Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Naked, nude: Completely without clothing; having the body fully exposed. This is the direct and most common meaning, describing a state of being unclothed.
   • Bare, exposed: Can be used metaphorically to describe something stripped bare, revealed, or lacking its usual covering or protection.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Đứa trẻ chạy nhảy trần truồng trên bãi biển. (The child ran around naked on the beach.)
  • Sự thật trần truồng khiến mọi người sửng sốt. (The naked truth left everyone astonished.)
  • Sau trận lũ, những ngôi nhà đứng trần truồng giữa đồng. (After the flood, the houses stood bare in the field.)

Advanced Usage

• The word often carries a neutral to slightly negative or vulnerable connotation, emphasizing a state of complete exposure or lack of concealment. It is more blunt than poetic synonyms.
• Used in formal, literary, and common contexts to describe literal nudity or figurative starkness.

Variants and Related Words

• Trần trụi (adj): Also means naked or bare, often used interchangeably with "trần truồng," but can sometimes emphasize a more stark, harsh, or desolate exposure.
  • Cánh đồng trần trụi sau vụ gặt. (The field was bare after the harvest.)

Synonyms

• Naked: Having no clothes on.
• Nude: A synonym often used in artistic or formal contexts.
• Bare: Without the usual covering or contents; exposed.
• Unclothed: Not wearing clothes.

Related Idioms

• Lột trần / Phơi bày trần truồng: To strip bare, to expose completely (often a truth or secret).
  • Bài báo lột trần sự thật trần truồng về vụ bê bối. (The article stripped bare the naked truth about the scandal.)

adj

1. naked, nude