trụt
Definition
- Verb:
- To slip off or slide off: To move or be pulled downward off something, often unintentionally, such as clothing or an object from a surface.
- To subside or collapse: To sink, drop, or fall down, often referring to land, embankments, or structures.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Giày của tôi bị trụt. (My shoe slipped off.)
- Một mảng đê bị trụt sau trận mưa. (A section of the dyke collapsed after the rain.)
Advanced Usage
- "trụt lở": to erode and collapse (used for land or earth).
- Đường núi thường xuyên bị trụt lở vào mùa mưa. (Mountain roads often suffer from landslides during the rainy season.)
Variants and Related Words
- Tụt (v): A more common standard variant meaning to slide down, slip down, or descend.
- Cậu bé tụt từ trên cây xuống. (The boy slid down from the tree.)
Synonyms
- Slip off: to accidentally come off.
- Slide down: to move smoothly downward.
- Collapse: to fall down suddenly.
Notes on Usage
- is often considered a regional or dialectal variant of the more widely used verb . Both share the core meanings of slipping/sliding off or subsiding.
- It frequently appears in contexts describing clothing (like shoes, pants) coming off or geological events (like landslides).