Definition

1. Verb:
   • To redden, to turn pink: To become slightly red or pink in color, often due to a natural physiological reaction such as shyness, embarrassment, cold, or health. It describes a gentle, often attractive, flush of color.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cô ấy ngượng đến nỗi má ửng hồng. (She was so shy that her cheeks turned pink.)
  • Bầu trời buổi bình minh bắt đầu ửng hồng. (The sky at dawn began to redden.)
  • Làn da của em bé ửng hồng vì trời lạnh. (The baby's skin turned pink from the cold.)

Advanced Usage

• "ửng hồng lên": to blush, to flush (adding "lên" emphasizes the action of the color appearing).
  • Nghe lời khen, cô gái trẻ ửng hồng lên. (Hearing the compliment, the young girl blushed.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hồng hào (adj): Rosy, ruddy (describes a state of having a healthy pink color).
  • Gương mặt hồng hào (A rosy face)
• Đỏ ửng (verb/phrase): To flush red (implies a stronger or deeper red than "ửng hồng").
  • Mặt đỏ ửng vì tức giận (Face flushed red with anger)

Synonyms

• Đỏ lên: To turn red.
• Thẹn đỏ: To blush (specifically from shyness or shame).
• Hồng lên: To turn pink/rosy.

Related Phrases

• Má ửng hồng: Rosy/Blushing cheeks (a very common collocation).
  • Cô ấy có đôi má ửng hồng rất đáng yêu. (She has lovely blushing cheeks.)

verb

1. to redden, to turn pink