Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Flushed; slightly reddened: Describes a light, warm red color appearing on a surface, typically on human skin (especially the face or cheeks) due to emotions, temperature, or physical reaction.
   • Glowing with a reddish hue: Describes something emitting or reflecting a soft, warm red light, like the sky at dawn or dusk.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cô ấy xấu hổ đến nỗi hai má ửng đỏ. (She was so embarrassed that her cheeks flushed.)
  • Bầu trời buổi hoàng hôn ửng đỏ. (The sky at sunset glowed red.)
  • Làn da của đứa trẻ ửng đỏ vì sốt. (The child's skin was flushed because of fever.)

Advanced Usage

• "ửng đỏ lên": to become flushed/to redden (often suddenly).
  • Nghe lời khen, mặt anh ta ửng đỏ lên. (Hearing the compliment, his face reddened.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đỏ ửng (adj): This is a common alternative word order with the same meaning as "ửng đỏ."

  • Đôi má đỏ ửng vì lạnh. (Cheeks reddened from the cold.)

• Ửng hồng (adj): flushed with a pinkish hue.

  • Gò má cô ấy ửng hồng. (Her cheekbones were flushed pink.)

Synonyms

• Flushed: having a red color of the face, typically from emotion or heat.
• Blushing: becoming red in the face from shyness, embarrassment, or shame.
• Rosy: having a warm, pinkish-red color.
• Ruddy: having a healthy red color.

Related Idioms

• Mặt ửng đỏ bừng: (idiomatic) face flushing deeply or brightly.
  • Cậu bé mặt ửng đỏ bừng khi bị phát hiện nói dối. (The boy's face flushed deeply when he was caught lying.)