xiên
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Definitions
Adjective:
- Slanting, oblique, diagonal: Describes something that is not vertical or horizontal, but at an angle.
- Askew, tilted: Describes something that is not straight or upright.
Verb:
- To skewer, to pierce: To push a long, thin, pointed object through something.
- To impale: To pierce with a sharp stake or point.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- Ánh nắng xiên qua khe cửa. (The slanting sunlight came through the door crack.)
- Cây cột bị xiên sau cơn bão. (The post was tilted after the storm.)
Verb:
- Chị ấy xiên những miếng thịt để nướng. (She skewered the pieces of meat for grilling.)
- Người ta dùng lao để xiên cá. (People use spears to impale fish.)
Advanced Usage
"xiên xẹo": Crooked, zigzagging, not straight in a messy or irregular way.
- Đường vào làng nhỏ xiên xẹo. (The path into the village is crooked.)
"nói xiên": To speak indirectly, to insinuate, to make a sarcastic or oblique remark.
- Anh ta không nói thẳng mà cứ nói xiên. (He doesn't speak directly but keeps making insinuations.)
Variants and Related Words
Cái xiên (Noun): A skewer (e.g., for food).
- Một xiên thịt nướng. (A skewer of grilled meat.)
Xiên chiêng (Adjective/Adverb): An idiom meaning "indirectly," often used in the context of speaking.
- Nói xiên chiêng cho người khác hiểu. (To speak indirectly for others to understand.)
Synonyms
- Adjective: Chéo (diagonal), chếch (slanted), nghiêng (leaning, inclined).
- Verb: Đâm (to stab), xuyên (to pierce through), cắm (to stick into).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Xiên qua: To pierce through, to skewer through.
- Mũi tên xiên qua tấm khiên. (The arrow pierced through the shield.)
Related Idioms
"Nói như xiên đâm": To speak in a very sharp, hurtful, or piercing manner.
- Lời của cô ấy nói ra như xiên đâm. (Her words were like a piercing skewer.)
"Đi đường xiên": To take a diagonal or shortcut path; can metaphorically mean to take an indirect or dishonest approach.
- Hắn ta thích đi đường xiên trong công việc. (He likes to take shady shortcuts in his work.)