tươi sống

Hàng tươi sống được bày bán tại chợ.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Fresh and raw / live: Describes food, especially seafood, meat, or produce, that is fresh, uncooked, and often still alive or recently harvested. It emphasizes a state of being perishable and not processed, preserved, or frozen.
   • Fresh and perishable: Refers to goods that are sold in their fresh, natural state and have a short shelf life.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Nhà hàng này chuyên về hải sản tươi sống. (This restaurant specializes in fresh, live seafood.)
  • Chợ này bán rất nhiều rau củ tươi sống. (This market sells a lot of fresh vegetables.)
  • Cá tươi sống thường đắt hơn cá đông lạnh. (Fresh, live fish is usually more expensive than frozen fish.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in commercial contexts like markets, menus, and food labeling to denote high quality, freshness, and a lack of preservation.
  • Khu vực hàng tươi sống ở siêu thị rất đông khách. (The fresh goods section in the supermarket is very crowded with customers.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tươi (adj): fresh (can refer to freshness in general, not necessarily raw or alive).
  • Hoa tươi (fresh flowers).
• Sống (adj): raw, alive, uncooked.
  • Ăn rau sống (to eat raw vegetables).

Synonyms

• Fresh: recently produced or harvested.
• Raw: uncooked.
• Live: alive (especially for seafood).
• Perishable: likely to decay or go bad quickly.

Related Phrases and Compound Terms

• Hàng tươi sống (n): fresh goods; perishable goods. This is a common compound noun.
  • Xe tải chở hàng tươi sống. (A truck transporting fresh goods.)
• Thực phẩm tươi sống (n): fresh food.
  • Nên bảo quản thực phẩm tươi sống trong tủ lạnh. (Fresh food should be stored in the refrigerator.)