tượt
Definition
- Verb:
- To graze / to abrade / to skin: To suffer a superficial wound where the top layer of skin is scraped off, typically from a fall or friction against a rough surface. This results in a raw, often painful area but not deep bleeding.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Em bé ngã và tượt hết da đầu gối. (The child fell and grazed all the skin on his knee.)
- Cẩn thận kẻo tượt tay vào tường gạch. (Be careful or you'll skin your hand on the brick wall.)
Advanced Usage
- This word is almost exclusively used to describe this specific type of minor injury. It is less common in formal medical contexts and more typical in everyday descriptive speech.
Variants and Related Words
- Trầy xước (v): to be scratched and grazed (a more common general term for scrapes and minor abrasions).
- Vết thương chỉ là trầy xước nhẹ. (The wound is just a light scrape.)
Synonyms
- To abrade: to scrape or wear away the surface.
- To graze: to scrape and break the skin surface.
- To skin: to remove a layer of skin (informal).
Related Idioms
- No common idioms directly feature this word. The concept is typically expressed directly in descriptions of injuries.