chạnh

Thân thiện

Nghe tiếng đàn bầu, lòng tôi chạnh buồn.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Melancholy, wistful, touched: Describes a state of being gently and suddenly affected by a sad, nostalgic, or tender feeling, often triggered by a memory, sight, or sound.

2. Verb:

   • To feel a pang (of emotion): To experience a sudden, sharp feeling of sadness, nostalgia, or longing.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Lòng tôi bỗng thấy chạnh khi nhìn cảnh cũ. (My heart suddenly felt wistful when seeing the old scene.)
  • Câu chuyện ấy khiến ai nghe cũng chạnh lòng. (That story touches anyone who hears it.)

• Verb:

  • Nghe tiếng hát ru, cô ấy chạnh nhớ đến mẹ. (Hearing the lullaby, she felt a pang of missing her mother.)

Advanced Usage

• "chạnh lòng": to have one's heart touched; to feel a pang of emotion (sadness, sympathy, nostalgia).
  • Thấy đứa trẻ mồ côi, ông ấy không khỏi chạnh lòng. (Seeing the orphaned child, he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart.)

Variants and Related Words

• Buồn chạnh (adj): melancholic, pensively sad.
  • Một nỗi buồn chạnh len lỏi trong tâm trí cô. (A melancholic sadness crept into her mind.)

Synonyms

• Wistful: having a feeling of vague or regretful longing.
• Melancholy: a feeling of pensive sadness.
• Touched: emotionally affected.
• Evoke: to bring a feeling or memory to mind.

Related Idioms

• Chạnh niềm thương nhớ: to be stirred by feelings of love and remembrance.
  • Bài thơ ấy khiến độc giả chạnh niềm thương nhớ. (That poem stirs readers' feelings of love and remembrance.)

Học thuật

verb

1. To be affected by some melancholy feeling
   • nghe điệu hò, chạnh nhớ đến quê hương
     on hearing the chanty, he was affected by homesickness; on hearing the chanty, he felt homesick