Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Pleased, content, satisfied: "đẹp ý" describes a state of being pleased or content with a situation, outcome, or someone's actions. It implies that something meets with one's approval or desires.
   • To one's liking: It can also mean that something is agreeable or satisfactory to someone's taste or wishes.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Làm sao cho đẹp ý mọi người? (How to please everyone?)
  • Kết quả công việc khiến sếp rất đẹp ý. (The work result made the boss very pleased.)
  • Bức tranh này có đẹp ý cô không? (Is this painting to your liking?)

Advanced Usage

• "Làm đẹp ý [ai đó]": To please someone, to act in a way that satisfies someone.
  • Anh ấy luôn cố gắng làm đẹp ý vợ. (He always tries to please his wife.)
• "Được đẹp ý": To be pleased/content (with something).
  • Tôi rất được đẹp ý với dịch vụ ở đây. (I am very pleased with the service here.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hài lòng (adj): Satisfied, content. (A more common synonym).
• Vừa ý (adj): To one's liking, satisfactory.
• Vui lòng (adj): Pleased (often used in polite requests: "Làm ơn" - Please).
• Ý đẹp (n): A good/kind intention (Note: This is a different compound word where "đẹp" modifies "ý").

Synonyms

• Hài lòng: satisfied, content.
• Vừa lòng: to one's liking.
• Thỏa mãn: satisfied, fulfilled.
• Bằng lòng: agreeable, willing.

Related Phrases

• Đẹp lòng: Pleasing to the heart/mind (a very close synonym, often used interchangeably).
  • Lời nói ấy thật đẹp lòng. (Those words are truly pleasing.)
• Đẹp dạ: Feeling pleased/content internally (similar meaning, focusing on inner feeling).
  • Nghe tin ấy, bà cụ đẹp dạ lắm. (Hearing that news, the old lady felt very content.)

Notes on Usage

• "Đẹp ý" is a compound adjective formed from "đẹp" (beautiful, good) and "ý" (intention, mind). It literally means "beautiful to the mind," hence "pleasing."
• It is used to describe a person's state of satisfaction. The person who is "đẹp ý" is typically the grammatical subject experiencing the feeling, or the indirect object in constructions like "làm đẹp ý."
• It is slightly more formal or literary than the more common "hài lòng."

1. Pleased, content
   • Làm đẹp ý mẹ cha
     To pleaese one's parents