nói gẫu
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Definition
- Intransitive Verb:
- To chat, to have a casual conversation: "nói gẫu" refers to the action of talking in a relaxed, informal, and often lengthy manner, typically about everyday, non-serious topics.
- To gossip, to chit-chat: It can imply talking about trivial matters or engaging in light gossip.
Usage Examples
- Intransitive Verb:
- Họ ngồi quán cà phê nói gẫu cả buổi chiều. (They sat at the coffee shop chatting [away] all afternoon.)
- Đừng chỉ nói gẫu, hãy tập trung vào công việc. (Don't just chit-chat; focus on the work.)
Advanced Usage
- "nói gẫu phiếm": To chat idly, to make small talk.
- Buổi gặp mặt chỉ toàn nói gẫu phiếm. (The gathering was just full of idle chatter.)
Variants and Related Words
- Chuyện gẫu (n): Casual chat, chit-chat.
- Đó chỉ là chuyện gẫu thôi, đừng lo. (That's just chit-chat, don't worry.)
- Buôn chuyện (v): To gossip (often with a slightly more negative connotation than "nói gẫu").
- Tán gẫu (v): A very close synonym, meaning to chat or have a casual talk.
Synonyms
- Trò chuyện: To converse, to talk (more general).
- Tán chuyện: To chat, to talk (similar to "tán gẫu").
Related Idioms
- Nói chuyện trên trời dưới đất / Nói chuyện đầu trời cuối đất: To talk about all sorts of things, to talk about everything under the sun (emphasizing the wide-ranging, casual nature of the conversation, similar to "nói gẫu").
- Hai đứa nói chuyện đầu trời cuối đất mãi không hết. (The two of them talked about everything under the sun endlessly.)
- Chat [away]