đùa
Definition
- Verb:
- To joke; to jest: To say or do something humorous or playful, not intended to be taken seriously or as truth.
- To tease; to kid: To playfully make fun of or provoke someone in a light-hearted manner.
- To play; to frolic (less common): To engage in lively, playful activity. This meaning is often seen in older or poetic contexts.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Anh ấy chỉ đang đùa thôi. (He is only joking.)
- Đừng đùa với lửa. (Don't play with fire. / Don't joke about serious matters.)
- Bọn trẻ đùa giỡn trong sân. (The children are playing/frolicking in the yard.)
Advanced Usage
- "đùa dai" / "đùa quá đà": To joke excessively or to take a joke too far, often to the point of annoyance or offensiveness.
- Đừng đùa dai như vậy, nó đang buồn đấy. (Don't joke around like that; he's sad.)
- "đùa cợt": To jest or mock, sometimes with a slightly disrespectful or sarcastic tone.
- Anh ta thích đùa cợt với mọi người. (He likes to mock/jest with everyone.)
Variants and Related Words
- Đùa giỡn (v): To play around, to frolic (emphasizes physical play).
- Hai đứa trẻ đùa giỡn với quả bóng. (The two children are playing around with a ball.)
- Trêu đùa (v): To tease, to banter (combines teasing and joking).
- Họ thường trêu đùa nhau. (They often tease each other.)
- Câu đùa (n): A joke (the thing that is said).
- Đó là một câu đùa rất hay. (That is a very good joke.)
Synonyms
- Joke: To say something for amusement.
- Tease: To make fun of someone playfully.
- Kid: To speak to someone in a joking way.
- Frolic: To play and move about cheerfully.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Đùa với hổ: Literally "to joke with a tiger". It means to take extreme risks or to toy with serious danger.
- Lừa đảo cảnh sát chẳng khác nào đùa với hổ. (Cheating the police is no different from joking with a tiger.)
- Nói đùa: To speak jokingly.
- Tôi chỉ nói đùa một chút. (I was just speaking jokingly.)
- Chuyện đùa: A joke, a jest (referring to a situation or story).
- Đừng coi đây là chuyện đùa. (Don't treat this as a joke.)
verb
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to joke; to jest
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