vây

Thân thiện

Một con cá bơi trong hồ bằng những chiếc vây của nó.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • Fin ray, fin: A thin, bony or cartilaginous support structure in a fish's fin.
   • Fin (as a body part): The entire flat, paddle-like appendage of a fish or aquatic animal used for propulsion and steering.

2. Verb:

   • To surround, to encircle: To form a circle or ring around something or someone.
   • To besiege: To surround a place, especially with military forces, in order to isolate or capture it.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • Cá mập có vây lưng rất lớn. (The shark has a very large dorsal fin.)
  • Món súp vây cá là một đặc sản. (Shark fin soup is a delicacy.)

• Verb:

  • Cảnh sát vây tòa nhà. (The police surrounded the building.)
  • Quân đội vây thành phố. (The army besieged the city.)
  • Bọn trẻ vây quanh người kể chuyện. (The children gathered around the storyteller.)

Advanced Usage

• "vây cánh": (noun) followers, henchmen; literally "fins and wings".

  • Hắn ta đi đâu cũng có đám vây cánh. (Wherever he goes, he has his henchmen with him.)

• "vây hãm": (verb) to besiege, to lay siege to (often military).

  • Quân địch vây hãm pháo đài suốt ba tháng. (The enemy forces besieged the fortress for three months.)

Variants and Related Words

• Vây vẫy (verb): to flounder, to struggle (like a fish out of water).

  • Con cá vây vẫy trên bờ. (The fish floundered on the shore.)

• Bao vây (verb): to encircle, to envelop.

  • Sương mù bao vây ngọn núi. (The fog enveloped the mountain.)

Synonyms

• Noun: Fin, flipper.
• Verb: Encircle, encompass, besiege, hem in.

Related Idioms

• Vây cá chép: Literally "carp's fin"; refers to a type of dried, processed fish fin used in cooking.
• Nằm trong vòng vây: To be trapped within a siege or encirclement.
  • Đơn vị địch đã nằm trong vòng vây. (The enemy unit was trapped within the encirclement.)

Học thuật

noun

1. fin ray, fin-ray

verb

1. to surround, to encircle, to besiege