tỏe

Hoa phượng đỏ tỏe ra như một chiếc ô khổng lồ.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To spread out, to fan out, to disperse: Describes the action of something opening, expanding, or scattering in multiple directions from a central point, often in a radial pattern. It implies a visible, often rapid, outward movement.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Màu nước tỏe ra trên giấy. (The watercolor spread out on the paper.)
  • Ánh sáng từ ngọn đèn tỏe ra khắp phòng. (The light from the lamp fanned out across the room.)
  • Đám đông tỏe ra khi có cảnh sát đến. (The crowd dispersed when the police arrived.)

Advanced Usage

• "tỏe sáng": to radiate light, to shine forth.

  • Mặt trời tỏe sáng rực rỡ. (The sun radiates brilliant light.)

• "tỏe khói": for smoke to billow out.

  • Khói đen tỏe ra từ ống khói. (Black smoke billowed out from the chimney.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tòe (v): This is a variant spelling of "tỏe" with the same core meaning of spreading or fanning out.
  • Bánh xe tòe ra khi gặp nước. (The tire splayed out when it hit the water.)

Synonyms

• Disperse: to spread over a wide area.
• Radiate: to extend in rays from a center.
• Fan out: to spread apart like a fan.
• Splay: to spread out or become wider.

Related Idioms

• Tỏe hoa đốm: (Literally: to spread speckled flowers) A descriptive idiom for something that splatters or scatters in a spotted pattern.
  • Bùn tỏe hoa đốm lên tường. (The mud splattered in a speckled pattern on the wall.)