Definition

Verb: - To cut, to slice: The action of dividing something, typically food, into smaller pieces or slices using a knife or similar tool. This often implies a deliberate, careful cutting into specific shapes or sizes, such as thin strips, small cubes, or fine pieces.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Mẹ đang xắt thịt để nấu canh. (Mom is slicing the meat to cook soup.)
  • Đầu bếp xắt hành tây thành những sợi nhỏ. (The chef cuts the onion into thin strips.)
  • Bạn nên xắt cà rốt thành hạt lựu cho món salad. (You should dice the carrots for the salad.)

Advanced Usage

• "xắt nhỏ": to chop finely, to mince.
  • Hãy xắt nhỏ tỏi trước khi phi thơm. (Mince the garlic before sautéing it.)
• "xắt lát": to slice (into flat pieces).
  • Xắt lát dưa chuột để ăn kèm. (Slice the cucumber to serve as a side.)
• "xắt sợi": to cut into strips.
  • Công thức này yêu cầu xắt ớt chuông thành sợi. (This recipe requires cutting the bell pepper into strips.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chặt (verb): to chop (often with more force, for harder objects like wood or bones).
• Thái (verb): to slice, to shred (very similar to "xắt," often used interchangeably for cutting food; "thái" can sometimes imply a more general slicing action).
• Cắt (verb): to cut (a more general term for cutting, not limited to food).

Synonyms

• Thái: to slice, to shred.
• Bổ: to cut, to split (often for fruits like melons or for chopping wood).
• Chẻ: to split, to cleave (lengthwise).

Related Phrases (Collocations)

• Xắt thịt: to slice/cut meat.
• Xắt rau: to chop/cut vegetables.
• Xắt nhuyễn: to chop very finely, to pulp.

Related Idioms

• Xắt ra từng khúc: (Literally: to cut into every piece) To analyze or criticize something in minute, often harsh, detail.
  • Bài phê bình xắt tác phẩm của anh ấy ra từng khúc. (The review dissected his work piece by piece.)

verb

1. to cut, to slice