trượt
Intransitive Verb:
- To slip, to slide unintentionally: To lose one's footing or traction on a smooth or slippery surface, causing an uncontrolled movement.
- To fail (an exam or test): To not achieve a passing grade or score in an examination or assessment.
- To miss (a target): To fail to hit or reach an intended target or goal.
Transitive Verb:
- To cause to slide or glide: To move something smoothly along a surface.
Intransitive Verb:
- Anh ấy bị trượt chân trên sàn ướt. (He slipped on the wet floor.)
- Cô ấy rất buồn vì đã trượt kỳ thi tốt nghiệp. (She was very sad because she failed the graduation exam.)
- Cú sút của cầu thủ đã trượt ra ngoài khung thành. (The player's shot missed the goal.)
Transitive Verb:
- Đứa trẻ trượt những viên bi trên mặt bàn. (The child slides the marbles on the table surface.)
"trượt dài": to slide a long way; (figuratively) to decline or deteriorate continuously.
- Sau khi mất việc, cuộc sống của anh ta trượt dài. (After losing his job, his life went into a steady decline.)
"trượt băng": to ice-skate (this is a compound noun; the verb action is "to skate").
- Mùa đông, chúng tôi thích đi trượt băng. (In winter, we like to go ice-skating.)
"trượt patin": to roller-skate (this is a compound noun; the verb action is "to skate").
- Công viên có một đường trượt patin rất đẹp. (The park has a very nice roller-skating rink.)
Sự trượt (noun): The act or instance of slipping, failing, or missing.
- Sự trượt ngã có thể gây chấn thương. (A slip and fall can cause injury.)
Trơn trượt (adjective): Slippery.
- Con đường trơn trượt sau cơn mưa. (The road is slippery after the rain.)
Trượt tuyết (compound noun): Skiing.
- Anh ấy đang học trượt tuyết. (He is learning how to ski.)
- Tuột (verb): To slip down/off (often implies a downward movement from a grip or position).
- Cái ví tuột khỏi tay cô ấy. (The wallet slipped from her hand.)
- Hỏng (verb/adjective): To fail, to be broken/defective (broader term for failure).
- Máy tính bị hỏng. (The computer is broken.)
- Trật (verb): To miss, to be off-target.
- Phát bóng trật khỏi sân. (The serve went out of bounds.)
Trượt ngã: To slip and fall.
- Bà cụ trượt ngã trên cầu thang. (The old lady slipped and fell on the stairs.)
Trượt vỏ chuối: To slip on a banana peel (idiomatic for a classic comedic slip).
- Nhân vật hài thường trượt vỏ chuối trong phim. (Comedic characters often slip on banana peels in movies.)
Thi trượt: To fail an exam.
- Nó lo lắng sẽ thi trượt. (He is worried he will fail the exam.)
Trượt như con vịt: To slip/slide like a duck (to be very slippery or to slip easily).
- Mặt đường này khi ướt thì trượt như con vịt. (This road surface is as slippery as a duck when wet.)
Trượt dốc: (Literally: to slide down a slope) To go downhill, to deteriorate rapidly (often morally or in terms of life situation).
- Kể từ khi nghiện ngập, cuộc đời anh ta trượt dốc không phanh. (Since becoming addicted, his life has gone downhill uncontrollably.)
- to slip, to skid to fail; to miss