Definition

1. Noun:
   • Approximately twenty years old: Refers to the age of being around twenty, typically used to describe a young person, especially a woman, in the youthful prime of their early twenties.
   • The age of twenty: Can denote the specific age of twenty itself, often associated with youth and beauty.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Cô ấy mới ở tuổi đôi mươi. (She is just twentyish.)
  • Tuổi đôi mươi là khoảng thời gian tươi đẹp nhất. (The age of twenty is the most beautiful time.)
  • Ánh mắt trong sáng của tuổi đôi mươi. (The clear eyes of twenty-year-old youth.)

Advanced Usage

• "Tuổi đôi mươi": A very common fixed phrase meaning "the age of twenty" or "youthful twenties," often evoking notions of beauty, vitality, and potential.
  • Anh ấy đã để lại tuổi đôi mươi ở quê nhà. (He left his twentyish years behind in his homeland.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đôi mươi is a compound word from đôi (pair, couple) and mươi (a tens unit, like in hai mươi/twenty). It is a fixed, poetic term.
• Hai mươi: The standard, numerical term for "twenty."
• Tuổi trẻ: Youth (a broader term not specific to age twenty).
• Thanh xuân: Youth, youthful years (literary).

Synonyms

• Khoảng hai mươi tuổi: Around twenty years old.
• Tuổi hai mươi: The age of twenty.
• Trạc hai mươi: Approximately twenty (colloquial).

Notes on Meaning

• Primary Meaning: The term almost exclusively refers to a person's age, not to the number twenty in other contexts (e.g., counting objects). It carries a strong connotation of youth and is often used in literary, descriptive, or affectionate contexts.
• Usage Nuance: While it can technically refer to any gender, it is most frequently used to describe young women. It implies a sense of freshness and the prime of youth.

1. Twentyish
   • Một cô gái đôi mươi
     A twentyish maid