Definition

1. Intransitive Verb:

   • To sweat, to perspire: The process of the body releasing liquid through the skin's pores, typically in response to heat, physical exertion, nervousness, or illness.
   • To exude sweat profusely: To sweat heavily or copiously.

2. Transitive Verb (less common):

   • To shed (sweat): Used to emphasize the act of sweating, often in the context of hard work or effort.

Usage Examples

• Intransitive Verb:

  • Tập thể dục khiến tôi đổ mồ hôi. (Exercising makes me sweat.)
  • Trời nóng quá, ai cũng đổ mồ hôi. (It's so hot, everyone is sweating.)
  • Cậu ấy đổ mồ hôi vì lo lắng trước kỳ thi. (He was sweating due to anxiety before the exam.)

• Transitive Verb:

  • Anh ấy đã đổ bao nhiêu mồ hôi cho công việc này. (He has shed so much sweat for this job.)

Advanced Usage

• "đổ mồ hôi hột": To break out in a cold sweat (often from fear, shock, or severe illness).

  • Nghe tin đó, tôi đổ mồ hôi hột. (Upon hearing that news, I broke out in a cold sweat.)

• "đổ mồ hôi sôi nước mắt": To toil and labor intensely; to put in immense, sweat-and-tears effort.

  • Họ đổ mồ hôi sôi nước mắt để xây dựng cơ ngơi. (They toiled with sweat and tears to build their fortune.)

Variants and Related Words

• Mồ hôi (n): Sweat, perspiration.

  • Lau mồ hôi trên trán. (Wipe the sweat from one's forehead.)

• Đổ (v): A versatile verb meaning to pour, spill, or shed. In this phrase, it conveys the idea of "shedding" or "releasing."

• Toát mồ hôi (v): A synonym meaning to sweat, to perspire. Slightly more formal/literary.
  • Anh ta toát mồ hôi sau khi chạy. (He was perspiring after running.)

Synonyms

• Toát mồ hôi: To perspire.
• Vã mồ hôi: To sweat profusely.
• Ra mồ hôi: To have sweat come out (more colloquial).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Đổ mồ hôi công sức: To expend effort and sweat; to work hard.
  • Thành công này là kết quả của bao nhiêu năm đổ mồ hôi công sức. (This success is the result of many years of hard work and sweat.)

Related Idioms

• "Mồ hôi nước mắt": Sweat and tears; signifies immense hardship and effort.

  • Của cải này là mồ hôi nước mắt của cha mẹ tôi. (This wealth is my parents' sweat and tears.)

• "Đồng tiền mồ hôi nước mắt": Money earned through honest, hard labor.

  • Tiêu phải tiết kiệm vì đó là đồng tiền mồ hôi nước mắt. (Spend frugally because it's money earned by the sweat of your brow.)

1. Sweat, perspire