Definition

1. Verb:

   • To vomit; to bring up (food, liquid, etc.) from the stomach through the mouth: The primary meaning of "ói" is the physical act of vomiting or regurgitating stomach contents.
   • To be extremely angry (in a figurative, idiomatic sense): Used to express a state of intense anger or frustration, often to the point of feeling physically ill.

2. Adjective (colloquial):

   • In abundance; excessive; more than enough: Used informally to describe a large, plentiful, or surplus quantity of something.

Usage Examples

• Verb (literal meaning):

  • Em bé bị sốt và ói ra sữa. (The baby has a fever and vomited up milk.)
  • Anh ấy say tàu xe nên đã ói hết thức ăn. (He got motion sickness and vomited all the food.)

• Verb (figurative meaning):

  • Nghe tin đó, tôi tức muốn ói máu. (Hearing that news, I was so angry I could vomit blood [idiom for extreme anger].)

• Adjective:

  • Nhà họ năm nay thu hoạch còn ói khoai. (Their family still has potatoes in abundance from this year's harvest.)
  • Đừng lo, công ty chúng tôi còn ói việc cho anh làm. (Don't worry, our company still has an excess of work for you to do.)

Advanced Usage

• "Tức ói máu": An idiom meaning to be furious, enraged, or extremely frustrated.
  • Bị lừa tiền, ông ấy tức ói máu. (Being scammed out of money made him furious enough to vomit blood.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nôn (verb): The more standard, formal synonym for "to vomit."

  • Bệnh nhân có triệu chứng buồn nôn và nôn. (The patient has symptoms of nausea and vomiting.)

• Ọe (verb): To retch; to make the sound and motion of vomiting, often without bringing anything up.

  • Ngửi mùi đó, nó ọe liên tục. (Smelling that odor, he kept retching.)

Synonyms

• Mửa (verb): To vomit (similar to "nôn").
• Thừa mứa (adjective): In excess, overflowing (similar to the adjectival meaning of "ói").

Related Phrases/Idioms

• "Còn ói" + [noun]: A colloquial structure meaning "to still have an abundance of [something]."
  • Còn ói thời gian. (To still have plenty of time.)
• "Ói ra": To vomit out (literally); sometimes used figuratively for expressing something unpleasant forcefully.
  • Nó ói ra những lời cay độc. (He spewed out bitter, malicious words.)

verb

1. to vomit; to bring up