Definition

1. Verb:
   • To mix, to blend: To combine two or more different substances or things together so that they become a single, uniform mass or are evenly distributed throughout.
   • To stir, to toss: To move the components around, typically with a tool or utensil, in order to achieve mixing.
   • (In construction) To mix, to prepare: Specifically refers to combining materials like cement, sand, and water to make mortar or concrete.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Trộn bột mì với trứng và sữa. (Mix the flour with eggs and milk.)
  • Cô ấy trộn salad thật đều. (She tossed the salad very thoroughly.)
  • Công nhân đang trộn vữa để xây tường. (The workers are mixing mortar to build the wall.)

Advanced Usage

• "trộn lẫn": to intermix, to mingle (often implying things become indistinguishable).
  • Tiếng ồn thành phố trộn lẫn vào nhau. (The city noises mingled together.)
• "trộn bài": to shuffle (cards).
  • Người chia bài phải trộn bài kỹ trước khi chia. (The dealer must shuffle the cards well before dealing.)

Variants and Related Words

• Trộn cát (v): to mix sand (into a mixture).
• Trộn vữa (v): to mix mortar.
• Máy trộn (n): mixer, blender (e.g., food mixer, concrete mixer).
• Sự trộn lẫn (n): the act of mixing, a mixture, a blend.

Synonyms

• Mix: The most general term for combining substances.
• Blend: To mix thoroughly and smoothly, often to create a harmonious combination.
• Combine: To bring different elements together.
• Stir: To move a spoon or other implement around in a liquid or substance to mix it.
• Toss: To mix lightly by lifting and dropping ingredients, like in a salad.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Ăn cơm trộn ngô: Literally "to eat rice mixed with corn," idiomatically refers to a period of hardship or poverty where staple foods had to be stretched.
  • Thời đó, nhiều gia đình phải ăn cơm trộn ngô. (Back then, many families had to eat rice mixed with corn [to get by].)
• Trộn đời: (Colloquial) To live together or have a relationship, often without formal marriage; to cohabit.
  • Hai người họ đã trộn đời với nhau được mấy năm. (The two of them have been living together for a few years.)

verb

1. to mix, to blend; to turn upside down