trệt lết

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Definition

1. Adjective (Southern Vietnamese dialect):
   • Very flat; extremely level: Describes a surface or terrain that has little to no elevation or unevenness.
   • Very low; sunken: Describes something that is positioned at a very low height or is deeply set.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Mảnh đất này trệt lết, không có chỗ cao chỗ thấp. (This plot of land is very flat, with no high or low spots.)
  • Cái nhà xây nền trệt lết quá, dễ bị ngập nước. (The house is built on a very low foundation, so it's prone to flooding.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "trệt lết" is primarily used in colloquial Southern Vietnamese speech. It is an emphatic or reduplicative form that intensifies the base adjective "trệt" (meaning flat or low), emphasizing an extreme state.

Variants and Related Words

• Trệt (adj): Flat, low, level. The root word.
  • Sân bóng rất trệt. (The football field is very flat.)

Synonyms

• Bằng phẳng: Flat, level.
• Thấp lè tè: Very low (colloquial).