đi tơ
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Definition
- Verb:
- To mate (specifically for a female pig): The primary meaning refers to the act of breeding or coupling a sow (female pig) for reproductive purposes.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Người nông dân đang cho con lợn cái đi tơ. (The farmer is mating the sow.)
- Con lợn nái này đã đến tuổi đi tơ. (This breeding sow is old enough to mate.)
Advanced Usage
- This term is highly specific to animal husbandry, particularly pig farming. It is not used in a general or human context.
- The phrase "cho... đi tơ" (to let/make... mate) is the standard construction, where the object is the female pig.
Variants and Related Words
- Phối giống (verb): To breed, to inseminate. This is a more general and modern term for animal breeding.
- Đực giống (noun): Stud, breeding male.
Synonyms
- Giao phối (verb): To copulate, to mate (a formal biological term applicable to animals).
Notes on Meaning
- "Đi tơ" is an archaic or specialized rural term. In contemporary language, "phối giống" is more commonly used.
- It applies exclusively to the female animal (the sow) being taken to or made to mate with a boar.
- Mate (a sow)
- Cho con lợn cái đi tơTo mate a sow