Definition

1. Verb:
   • To turn, to rotate: To cause something to change direction or orientation.
   • To press and rub with a finger or toe: To apply pressure with a finger or toe and move it back and forth.

Usage Examples

• Verb (to turn):
  • Cô ấy day lưng lại, không muốn nói chuyện. (She turned her back, not wanting to talk.)
  • Anh ấy day mặt về phía cửa sổ. (He turned his face toward the window.)
• Verb (to press and rub):
  • Bác sĩ bảo tôi day nhẹ vào huyệt này. (The doctor told me to press and rub this acupressure point gently.)
  • Đứa trẻ day con giun trên mặt đất. (The child pressed and rubbed the worm on the ground.)

Advanced Usage

• "day lại": to turn back, to turn around suddenly.
  • Nghe tiếng gọi, nó day lại ngay. (Hearing the call, it turned around immediately.)
• "day mặt làm ngơ": to turn one's face away, pretending not to see or know (to ignore deliberately).
  • Thấy tôi, nó day mặt làm ngơ. (Seeing me, he turned his face away, pretending not to see.)

Variants and Related Words

• dịch day (verb): to squirm, to wriggle (often due to discomfort).
  • Đứa bé dịch day trên ghế. (The child squirmed in the chair.)
• nằm day (verb phrase): to lie down and toss and turn (unable to sleep).
  • Tối qua tôi nằm day mãi không ngủ được. (Last night I tossed and turned, unable to sleep.)

Synonyms

• quay (verb): to turn, to rotate. (Focuses more on the rotational movement itself.)
• xoay (verb): to turn, to twist. (Similar to "quay," often used for objects.)
• ấn (verb): to press. (Focuses on the pressure, not the rubbing motion.)

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• day đi day lại (verb phrase): to turn something over and over; to ponder, to think deeply about something.
  • Ông ấy day đi day lại vấn đề trong đầu. (He turned the problem over and over in his mind.)
• day trở (verb): to toss and turn (while sleeping); to struggle with a difficult situation.
  • Cô ấy day trở vì lo lắng. (She tossed and turned due to worry.)

Related Idioms

• day lui day tới: to go back and forth repeatedly; to pester someone incessantly.
  • Nó cứ day lui day tới hỏi tôi mãi. (He kept pestering me with questions back and forth.)
• day như chong chóng: to turn/spin like a pinwheel (to describe someone who is very busy, running around).
  • Sáng nay chị ấy bận day như chong chóng. (This morning she was as busy as a spinning pinwheel.)

verb

1. to turn
   • day lại thình lình
     to turn short
2. To face; to front
   • nhà day mặt về phía Nam
     the house faces south