Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Aching sharply; piercingly cold: Describes a physical sensation of sharp, penetrating pain or a biting, intense cold that causes discomfort. It often implies a deep, nagging quality rather than a superficial sting.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Sau khi nhổ răng, tôi cảm thấy buôn buốt ở lợi. (After the tooth extraction, I felt a sharp ache in my gum.)
  • Gió mùa đông Bắc thổi qua khiến da mặt buôn buốt. (The northeasterly winter wind blew, making my face feel piercingly cold.)
  • Vết thương cũ lại buôn buốt mỗi khi trời trở lạnh. (The old wound aches sharply whenever the weather turns cold.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "buôn buốt" is often used to describe somatic pains (like toothaches, bone aches, or nerve pain) or the sensation of cold that seems to penetrate deeply into the bones or tissues. It is more intense and lingering than just "buốt" (cold or sharp).

Variants and Related Words

• Buốt (adj): sharp, stinging, or cold in a penetrating way. "Buôn buốt" is an intensified, more descriptive form.
  • Tay tôi buốt vì nước đá. (My hand is stinging from the ice.)

Synonyms

• Piercing: (of cold or pain) very sharp and penetrating.
• Biting: (of cold or criticism) sharp and intense.
• Aching: a continuous, dull but sharp pain.

Related Idioms

• While "buôn buốt" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is commonly used in descriptive phrases about weather and health.
  • Cái buốt của mùa đông (the biting cold of winter) can be described as "cái lạnh buôn buốt".

1. Feeling a rather sharp pain, feeling a rather biting cold