tát

Thân thiện

Một người nông dân dùng chiếc gàu để tát nước từ con mương lên ruộng.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To slap: To hit someone or something quickly and forcefully with the flat, open hand.
   • To scoop (water): To remove or move water (or another liquid) using a container like a bucket or a bowl, typically in a repeated, dipping motion.
   • To bail out: To remove water from a boat or a flooded area using a container.

Usage Examples

• Verb (to slap):
  • Bà ấy tát kẻ trộm. (She slapped the thief.)
  • Đừng tát con. (Don't slap the child.)
• Verb (to scoop/bail):
  • Nông dân đang tát nước vào ruộng. (The farmers are scooping water into the field.)
  • Họ phải tát nước ra khỏi thuyền. (They had to bail water out of the boat.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase "mắng như tát nước" (to scold as if scooping water) is an idiom meaning to scold someone severely and continuously, as if drenching them with words.
  • Sếp mắng nhân viên như tát nước. (The boss scolded the employee severely.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tát tai (v/n): A synonym for slapping, often emphasizing a slap to the ear/cheek area. Can be used as a verb or a noun (meaning "a slap").
  • Hắn bị tát tai. (He got slapped.)
• Tát gầu (v): To scoop water specifically using a bucket ().

Synonyms

• Slap: To hit with an open hand.
• Scoop: To lift and move with a container.
• Bail: To remove water from a vessel.
• Douse (in the idiom "mắng như tát nước"): To drench.

Related Idioms

• Mắng như tát nước: To scold or berate someone intensely and without pause.
  • Cô giáo mắng học sinh hư như tát nước. (The teacher gave the misbehaving student a severe scolding.)

Học thuật

verb

1. to slap. to scoop (water). to bail out of (a boat)