Definition

1. Noun:

   • Will; ambition; determination: A person's strong and persistent intention to achieve a goal or purpose.
   • Head louse: A small, parasitic insect that lives in human hair (colloquial/dialectal usage).

2. Preposition/Conjunction:

   • To; down to; until: Used to connect two points, indicating a range from a starting point to an ending point.

3. Adverb:

   • Utterly; extremely; very: Used to emphasize the high degree or intensity of an adjective or verb.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Will/Ambition):

  • Anh ấy có chí học hành. (He has the will to study.)
  • Trước khó khăn không hề nản chí. (Do not lose heart in the face of difficulties.)

• Noun (Head louse):

  • Đầu con bé có chí. (The child's head has lice.)

• Preposition/Conjunction (To/down to):

  • Từ đầu chí cuối. (From the beginning to the end.)

• Adverb (Utterly/Extremely):

  • Câu chuyện chí lý. (The story is extremely reasonable.)
  • Người bạn chí thân. (A very close friend.)

Advanced Usage

• "chí ít": At the very least; at minimum.

  • Chí ít anh cũng phải xin lỗi. (At the very least, you must apologize.)

• "chí tử": Deadly; fatal; to the death (often used figuratively for intense rivalry or commitment).

  • Họ là đối thủ chí tử. (They are deadly rivals.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chí hướng (n): Aspiration, ambition, life's direction.

  • Chí hướng của cô ấy là trở thành bác sĩ. (Her aspiration is to become a doctor.)

• Chí khí (n): Fortitude, mettle, strong will and spirit.

  • Người đàn ông đầy chí khí. (A man full of fortitude.)

• Chí sĩ (n): A person of high ideals and determination; a patriot or revolutionary (historical/literary).

  • Các chí sĩ yêu nước. (The patriotic idealists.)

• Đồng chí (n): Comrade (used among members of a shared cause or party).

Synonyms

• Will/Ambition: determination, resolve, aspiration.
• To/Until: up to, through to.
• Extremely: exceedingly, immensely, profoundly.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• "Nuôi chí lớn": To nurture a great ambition.

  • Từ nhỏ anh ấy đã nuôi chí lớn. (Since childhood, he has nurtured a great ambition.)

• "Bền chí": To be persistent; to persevere.

  • Thành công chỉ đến với người bền chí. (Success only comes to those who persevere.)

• "Đắc chí": To be smug; to gloat (upon achieving a desired goal, often with a negative connotation).

  • Đừng có đắc chí. (Don't be so smug.)

• "Thậm chí": Even; to such an extent that.

  • Anh ấy thậm chí còn không gọi điện. (He didn't even call.)

noun

1. Head louse
2. Will, ambition
   • nuôi chí lớn
     to nurture a great ambition
   • trước khó khăn không hề nản chí
     not to lose heart in front of difficulties

từ nối

1. (đi với từ) To, down to
   • từ đầu chí cuối
     from the beginning down to the end

adv

1. Utterly, extremely