cảy tính
Definition
- Adjective:
- Grumpy, irritable, easily angered: Describes a person who is often in a bad mood, complains frequently, or gets angry over small things. This is the core meaning.
- Cranky, grouchy: Similar to grumpy, suggesting a habitually irritable or ill-tempered disposition.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Ông ấy là một người cảy tính, hay quát mắng con cái. (He is a grumpy person, often yelling at his children.)
- Đừng hỏi bà ấy bây giờ, bà ấy đang cảy tính lắm. (Don't ask her now, she is very cranky.)
- Anh ta trở nên cảy tính khi bị mất ngủ. (He becomes irritable when he loses sleep.)
Advanced Usage
- "cảy tính cảy nết": A common Vietnamese reduplicative phrase that intensifies the meaning, describing someone as having a thoroughly bad-tempered and disagreeable character.
- Bà chủ nhà trọ đó cảy tính cảy nết, ai cũng ngại. (That landlady is extremely grumpy and difficult, everyone is afraid of her.)
Variants and Related Words
- Cáu tính (adj): A more common synonym with the same meaning (grumpy, short-tempered). "Cảy tính" is a regional or less common variant.
- Gắt gỏng (adj): Irritable, snappish.
- Khó tính (adj): Hard to please, fussy (can overlap with 'cảy tính' but focuses more on being picky than angry).
Synonyms
- Grouchy: Habitually complaining or irritable.
- Ill-tempered: Easily annoyed or made angry.
- Cantankerous: Bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative.
Related Idioms
- Nóng tính: Hot-tempered (focuses on quickness to anger).
- Dễ nổi cáu: Easily flies off the handle.
- Tính khí thất thường: Moody, unpredictable temper.