trương

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Đoàn tuần hành trương cờ và biểu ngữ.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To swell; to be bloated: To expand in size, typically due to absorbing liquid or gas. Often used to describe organic matter like a corpse, grains, or body parts.
   • To unfurl; to set up; to spread out: To open or stretch something out to its full extent so that it is displayed or made taut. Commonly used for flags, sails, eyes, or banners.

Usage Examples

• To swell:
  • Gạo ngâm nước sẽ trương ra. (Rice will swell when soaked in water.)
  • Xác chết đuối đã trương lên. (The drowning victim's corpse had swollen.)
• To unfurl / To set up:
  • Thuyền trương buồm ra khơi. (The boat set sail for the open sea.)
  • Họ trương biểu ngữ trước tòa nhà. (They unfurled a banner in front of the building.)

Advanced Usage

• "trương mắt": to open one's eyes wide (in surprise, anger, or intense looking).
  • Anh ta trương mắt nhìn kẻ lạ mặt. (He opened his eyes wide to look at the stranger.)
• Used in mathematics (archaic): to subtend (a chord subtending an arc).
  • Dây cung trương một cung tròn. (The chord subtends an arc of the circle.)

Variants and Related Words

• Giương (v): A near-synonym, more commonly used for "to raise," "to erect," or "to aim" (e.g., – to raise a flag; – to aim a gun). "Trương" and "giương" are often interchangeable for "to unfurl."
• Phình (v): to bulge, to distend. More focused on the swelling/bloating aspect.
• Căng (v): to stretch, to tighten. Implies tension.

Synonyms

• Swell / Bloat: expand, distend, inflate.
• Unfurl / Spread out: display, hoist, raise, extend.

Related Idioms

• Chết trương: to die and become bloated (often referring to drowning).
  • Thi thể được tìm thấy trong tình trạng chết trương. (The body was found in a bloated state.)
• Cơm trương: rice that has become swollen and mushy from absorbing too much water.
  • Nấu nhiều nước quá, cơm bị trương hết. (Too much water was used, the rice became all bloated.)

Học thuật

verb

1. to swell, to be bloated to unfurl, to set up