Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Dazzlingly bright; glaring: Used to describe an intense light or a very bright, vivid color that is uncomfortable or harsh to look at.
   • Shrill; piercing: Used to describe a sound that is high-pitched, loud, and unpleasant to hear.
   • Sharp; shooting; stabbing: Used to describe a sudden, acute, and localized physical pain.

Usage Examples

• Adjective (Brightness):
  • Ánh đèn pha làm chói mắt. (The headlight glare is dazzling.)
  • Màu áo đó đỏ chói. (That shirt is a dazzling red.)
• Adjective (Sound):
  • Tiếng còi xe cứu thương nghe chói tai. (The ambulance siren sounds shrill.)
• Adjective (Pain):
  • Tôi cảm thấy đau chói ở sườn. (I feel a shooting pain in my side.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "chói" often conveys a negative, overwhelming, or intrusive sensation affecting the eyes, ears, or body.
• It can be used metaphorically to describe something that is ostentatious or excessively showy in a garish way.

Variants and Related Words

• Chói chang (adj): Intensely and harshly bright, often referring to sunlight.
  • Nắng trưa chói chang. (The noon sun is blazing.)
• Chói lói (adj): Brilliantly and dazzlingly bright, often with a sense of splendor.
  • Ánh sáng chói lói. (A radiant light.)
• Chói tai (adj): Specifically describes a sound that is shrill or piercing to the ears.
• Choi chói (adj): A reduplicated form indicating a milder, lingering, or slightly stabbing sensation (e.g., of pain or brightness).

Synonyms

• Dazzling: for intense light.
• Glaring: for harsh light.
• Shrill: for high-pitched sound.
• Piercing: for sound or pain.
• Sharp: for pain.

Related Idioms

• Chói mắt: To be dazzled (literally "dazzling to the eyes").
  • Hàng đèn trang trí làm tôi chói mắt. (The string of decorative lights dazzled me.)
• Chói tai: To be ear-piercing (literally "piercing to the ears").
  • Âm thanh từ loa chói tai quá. (The sound from the speaker is too ear-piercing.)

adj

1. Dazzling
   • ánh đèn pha làm chói mắt
     the glare of the headlights dazzled our eyes
   • màu này chói lắm
     this colour is dazzingly bright
   • đỏ chói
     of a dazzingly bright red
2. Shrill
   • tiếng còi nghe chói tai
     the siren sounded shrill
3. Shooting, stabbing
   • đau chói ở sườn
     to feel a shooting pain in one's ribs
   • choi chói
     giving (feeling) some sort of stabbing sensation