Definitions

1. Noun:
   • Goosebumps, gooseflesh: The temporary raised bumps on the skin, typically caused by cold, fear, or strong emotion. This is the primary and most common meaning.
   • Chicken skin: A literal translation, referring to the skin of a chicken, which has a similar bumpy appearance.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trời lạnh quá, tôi nổi da gà rồi. (It's so cold, I have goosebumps.)
  • Nghe câu chuyện ma đó, anh ấy sợ đến nổi da gà. (Listening to that ghost story gave him goosebumps from fear.)
  • Món ăn này được chế biến với da gà giòn. (This dish is prepared with crispy chicken skin.)

Advanced Usage

• "Nổi da gà": This is the standard and most frequent verb phrase used with this noun. It means "to get goosebumps".
  • Bài hát đó hay đến mức khiến tôi nổi da gà. (That song is so good it gives me goosebumps.)
• "Cảm giác da gà" / "Cảm giác nổi da gà": Refers to the sensation of having goosebumps.
  • Tôi có cảm giác da gà mỗi khi vào phòng lạnh. (I get the goosebump sensation every time I enter a cold room.)

Variants and Related Words

• Gai ốc (Noun): A less common, more literary synonym for "da gà" (goosebumps). It can imply a slightly stronger, more chilling sensation.
  • Câu chuyện khiến người nghe nổi gai ốc. (The story made listeners' hair stand on end.)
• Da vịt (Noun): Literally "duck skin". Sometimes used interchangeably in the context of food (crispy poultry skin), but not for the physiological reaction of goosebumps.

Synonyms

• Nổi gai ốc: To get goosebumps (with a connotation of horror or extreme chill).
• Dựng tóc gáy: Literally "hair standing up on the nape of the neck", meaning to be terrified or horrified.

Related Phrases

• Sởn da gà / Sởn gai ốc: To shudder with fear or revulsion, closely related to getting goosebumps from a negative emotion.
  • Hành động tàn ác đó khiến ai nghe cũng sởn da gà. (That cruel act makes anyone who hears it shudder.)

Related Idioms

• Lạnh đến nổi da gà: So cold that one gets goosebumps.
  • Đêm đông Bắc Kinh lạnh đến nổi da gà. (Beijing winter nights are so cold they give you goosebumps.)
• Sợ nổi da gà: To be scared enough to get goosebumps.
  • Đứa trẻ sợ nổi da gà khi ở một mình trong bóng tối. (The child was scared enough to get goosebumps when alone in the dark.)