Definition

1. Noun:
   • Snow: The primary meaning of "tuyết" is the white, soft substance that falls from the sky in cold weather, consisting of frozen water vapor in the form of small, delicate ice crystals.
   • Nap / Pile: In textiles, "tuyết" refers to the soft, fine layer of fibers or fuzz on the surface of a fabric like wool or velvet.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Snow):

  • Trời đang đổ tuyết. (It is snowing.)
  • Những đứa trẻ chơi đùa trong tuyết. (The children are playing in the snow.)
  • Núi phủ đầy tuyết trắng. (The mountain is covered in white snow.)

• Noun (Nap):

  • Chiếc áo len này có lớp tuyết rất mịn. (This wool sweater has a very fine nap.)
  • Vải nhung mất đi lớp tuyết sau nhiều lần giặt. (The velvet fabric lost its pile after many washes.)

Advanced Usage

• "tuyết tan": melting snow.

  • Tuyết tan khiến đường phố ngập nước. (The melting snow caused the streets to flood.)

• "trà tuyết": a type of high-quality tea, often referring to teas made from young buds covered in fine white hairs, resembling snow.

  • Trà tuyết Shan Tuyết có hương vị rất đặc biệt. (Shan Tuyet snow tea has a very distinctive flavor.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tuyết rơi (v): to snow.

  • Hôm qua trời tuyết rơi rất nhiều. (It snowed a lot yesterday.)

• Cầu tuyết (n): snowball.

  • Chúng tôi ném cầu tuyết vào nhau. (We threw snowballs at each other.)

• Người tuyết (n): snowman.

  • Bọn trẻ xây một người tuyết to. (The children built a big snowman.)

Synonyms

• Snow: frozen precipitation.
• Flurry: a light fall of snow.
• Nap / Pile: the raised surface on certain fabrics.

Related Idioms

• Trắng như tuyết: as white as snow; used to describe something extremely pure, clean, or white.

  • Chiếc váy cô dâu trắng như tuyết. (The bride's dress was as white as snow.)

• Lạnh như băng tuyết: as cold as ice and snow; used to describe extreme coldness, either in temperature or demeanor.

  • Thái độ của anh ta lạnh như băng tuyết. (His attitude was as cold as ice.)

noun

1. snow nap