chếch choáng

Thân thiện

Anh ấy uống vài ly bia và bắt đầu cảm thấy chếch choáng.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Tipsy; slightly drunk: Describes a state of mild intoxication, where one feels lightheaded, unsteady, or pleasantly dizzy from consuming alcohol, but not fully drunk.
   • Squiffy: A more informal British English synonym for being slightly drunk.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Sau hai ly rượu, anh ấy cảm thấy hơi chếch choáng. (After two glasses of wine, he felt a bit tipsy.)
  • Cô ấy cười nói vui vẻ trong trạng thái chếch choáng. (She laughed and talked cheerfully in a squiffy state.)
  • Tôi chỉ uống một chút bia nên chỉ chếch choáng thôi. (I only drank a little beer, so I'm just tipsy.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "chếch choáng" is often used in a colloquial, descriptive, and sometimes humorous tone to describe the initial, often enjoyable, effects of alcohol.
• It typically implies a lack of full control over one's balance or senses, but not to a severe or dangerous degree.

Variants and Related Words

• Chếnh choáng (adj): A common variant spelling with the same meaning (tipsy, lightheaded).
  • Anh ta bước đi chếnh choáng. (He walked unsteadily, tipsy.)

Synonyms

• Tipsy: Slightly intoxicated.
• Lightheaded: Feeling dizzy or unsteady, often from alcohol.
• Mellow: Pleasantly mild or relaxed, often from drinking.
• Squiffy: (Informal, chiefly British) Slightly drunk.

Related Idioms

• While "chếch choáng" itself is not typically part of a longer idiom, the state it describes is often associated with phrases about drinking.
• Vui say: (lit. merry and drunk) To be in a state of tipsy merriment.
  • Cả bàn tiệc đang vui say. (The whole banquet table is tipsy and merry.)

Học thuật

adjective

1. tipsy; squiffy