vịt
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Definition
- Noun:
- Duck: A common waterfowl with a broad, flat beak, short legs with webbed feet, good at swimming but poor at flying. It is often raised for its meat, eggs, and feathers.
- Duck-shaped container: An object, typically a container, shaped like a duck or having a part resembling a duck's beak, used for holding liquids like fish sauce, oil, or brine.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Animal):
- Trang trại của họ nuôi rất nhiều vịt. (Their farm raises many ducks.)
- Đàn vịt đang bơi trên hồ. (The flock of ducks is swimming on the lake.)
- Noun (Container):
- Bà tôi dùng cái vịt gốm để đựng nước mắm. (My grandmother uses a ceramic duck-shaped jar to hold fish sauce.)
- Anh ấy mua một cái vịt nhựa để đổ dầu vào máy. (He bought a plastic oil can with a spout to pour oil into the machine.)
Advanced Usage
- "Chạy như vịt": To run awkwardly or clumsily (like a duck waddling).
- Sau khi bị thương ở chân, anh ấy chạy như vịt. (After injuring his leg, he runs awkwardly like a duck.)
- "Nước đổ đầu vịt": Like water off a duck's back; used to describe advice or criticism that has no effect on someone.
- Những lời khuyên của tôi với nó chẳng khác nào nước đổ đầu vịt. (My advice to him is like water off a duck's back.)
- "Như vịt nghe sấm": To be completely bewildered or not understand anything (like a duck hearing thunder).
- Bài giảng toán cao cấp ấy đối với tôi như vịt nghe sấm. (That advanced math lecture was completely incomprehensible to me.)
Variants and Related Words
- Vịt đực / Vịt trống (n): Drake (male duck).
- Vịt cái (n): Duck (female duck).
- Vịt con (n): Duckling.
- Vịt tơ (n): Young duck.
- Vịt quay (n): Roast duck (a dish).
- Vịt nước (n): A general term for ducks, or sometimes specifically for wild ducks.
Synonyms
- Con vịt (n): Duck (the most common synonym, often used interchangeably).
- Ngỗng (n): Goose (a related but larger waterfowl).
Related Phrases / Compound Words
- Vịt xiêm (n): Muscovy duck.
- Vịt trời (n): Wild duck.
- Vịt cỏ (n): A type of domestic duck.
- Vịt biển (n): Sea duck (e.g., eider).
- Đàn vịt (n): A flock of ducks.
Related Idioms
- "Giọng vịt đực": A hoarse, raspy voice (literally "a drake's voice").
- Ông ấy bị cảm nên nói giọng vịt đực. (He has a cold, so he speaks with a hoarse voice.)
- "Thấp như vịt": (In chess) To play very poorly (literally "low like a duck").
- Tôi mới học chơi cờ nên thấp như vịt. (I just learned to play chess, so I play very poorly.)