đứt
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Definition
Verb:
- To break (off): To separate into two or more pieces, often suddenly and completely, due to force, cutting, or strain. It implies a clean separation.
- To snap: Used for long, thin objects like strings, ropes, or wires that break under tension.
- To be severed/cut off: To have a connection or link physically or metaphorically terminated.
Adverb:
- Completely / definitively / for good: Used colloquially to emphasize the finality or totality of an action, often with verbs of loss or sale.
Usage Examples
Verb:
- Dây thừng bị đứt. (The rope broke/snapped.)
- Anh ấy bị đứt tay. (He cut his hand. / His hand was cut.)
- Chúng tôi đã đứt liên lạc. (We have lost contact. / Our contact was severed.)
Adverb:
- Họ bán đứt mảnh đất. (They sold the plot of land outright/for good.)
- Tôi quên đứt chuyện đó. (I forgot that matter completely.)
Advanced Usage
"đứt đoạn": to be discontinuous, interrupted.
- Câu chuyện kể đứt đoạn. (The story was told in a fragmented/discontinuous way.)
"cắt đứt": to cut off, to sever (emphasizes the deliberate action).
- Cô ấy cắt đứt quan hệ với họ. (She cut off relations with them.)
Variants and Related Words
Đứt gãy (v): to fracture, to break (often for bones or geological faults).
- Xương có thể bị đứt gãy. (The bone can fracture.)
Đứt quãng (adj/phr): intermittent, sporadic.
- Tiếng ồn đứt quãng. (The noise was intermittent.)
Synonyms
- Break: to separate into pieces.
- Snap: to break suddenly and sharply.
- Sever: to cut through completely.
- Cut off: to disconnect or interrupt.
Related Idioms
Đứt bóng: to lose touch completely, to vanish from sight.
- Sau khi đi, nó đứt bóng luôn. (After leaving, he vanished completely.)
Đứt hơi: to be out of breath; to be financially broke (colloquial).
- Chạy lên dốc, tôi đứt hơi. (Running up the hill, I was out of breath.)
- Tháng này tôi đứt hơi rồi. (I'm completely broke this month.)