Definition

1. 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.)

noun

1. duck, drake