xoài

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Definition

1. Noun:

   • Mango: A tropical fruit with a smooth, often yellow or greenish skin when ripe, sweet and juicy yellow-orange flesh, and a single large, flat seed. It comes from the mango tree, which is widely cultivated in southern Vietnam.
   • Mango tree: The tree that bears this fruit.

2. Verb (colloquial):

   • To sprawl: To lie or sit with one's arms and legs stretched out carelessly and untidily.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • Xoài Cát Chu là một giống xoài rất ngọt. (Cat Chu mango is a very sweet mango variety.)
  • Nhà bà ấy có một vườn xoài rất lớn. (Her family has a very large mango orchard.)
  • Tôi thích uống sinh tố xoài. (I like to drink mango smoothies.)

• Verb:

  • Cậu bé mệt và nằm xoài ra ghế sofa. (The tired boy sprawled out on the sofa.)
  • Đồ đạc bị xoài ra khắp sàn nhà. (Things were sprawled all over the floor.)

Advanced Usage

• The verb form "xoài" is almost exclusively used in the phrase "nằm xoài" (to lie sprawled out) or similar constructions describing a sprawled position.

Variants and Related Words

• Xoài cát (n): A specific, highly prized variety of mango known for its sweetness and fragrance.
• Xoài tượng (n): A variety of mango often eaten green (unripe) with salt or used in salads.
• Xoài non (n): Green/unripe mango.
• Xoài chín (n): Ripe mango.
• Cây xoài (n): Mango tree.
• Hoa xoài (n): Mango blossom.
• Nằm xoài ra (v phrase): To lie down sprawled out.

Synonyms

• Noun: Mango fruit, mango tree.
• Verb: To sprawl, to stretch out, to lounge.

Related Idioms

• Nằm xoài như chết: To lie completely still and sprawled out (like a dead person), often from exhaustion.
  • Làm việc cả ngày, tôi về nhà và nằm xoài như chết. (After working all day, I came home and collapsed/sprawled out like a dead person.)

Học thuật

noun

1. Mango
2. Mango plants are grown in most southern provinces. The most reputed mangoes come from Cao Lanh district in Dong Thap province. When the mangoes are ripening, they need large amounts of bright sunshine. The more sunshine the maturing fruit receives, the stronger its flavour will be and the brighter its skin will look. Mangoes are divided into several kinds, known locally as Xoai Cat, Xoai Tuong, Xoai Voi, Xoai Xiem, Xoai Ngua. The finest mango is Xoai Cat. The fruit has a brighter yellow peel and a rounder shape and weighs as much as 0.5 kilograms. The pulp is sweeter and more fragrant than that of other varieties