Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Jealous: Feeling resentment or bitterness because of a perceived threat to a valued relationship, especially a romantic one, due to a rival's presence or attention.
   • Envious: Feeling discontent or covetousness toward someone because of their advantages, possessions, or perceived success.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cô ấy cảm thấy rất ghen. (She feels very jealous.)
  • Đừng ghen với thành công của người khác. (Don't be envious of other people's success.)
  • Anh ấy ghen khi thấy vợ nói chuyện với đồng nghiệp nam. (He gets jealous when he sees his wife talking to a male colleague.)

Advanced Usage

• "ghen tuông": to be jealous (specifically in romantic contexts, implying suspicion and possessiveness).

  • Sự ghen tuông mù quáng có thể hủy hoại một mối quan hệ. (Blind jealousy can destroy a relationship.)

• "nổi ghen": to have a jealous fit/outburst.

  • Cô ấy nổi ghen mà không có lý do. (She had a jealous outburst for no reason.)

Variants and Related Words

• Ghen tị (v/adj): to envy, envious. Often used for coveting what others have, without the romantic connotation.

  • Ghen tị với địa vị của ai đó là điều bình thường. (It's normal to envy someone's status.)

• Ghen ăn tức ở (idiomatic phrase): to be jealous of a neighbor's or peer's better living conditions.

  • Tính hay ghen ăn tức ở khiến anh ta không bao giờ hài lòng. (His habit of being jealous of the neighbors' fortune means he is never satisfied.)

Synonyms

• Jealous: resentful of a rival in love or attention.
• Envious: desirous of another's advantages or possessions.
• Covetous: having a great desire to possess something belonging to someone else.

Related Idioms

• Máu ghen: (literally "jealous blood") a fiery, easily provoked jealousy.

  • Anh ta có máu ghen, rất nguy hiểm. (He has a fiery jealousy, which is very dangerous.)

• Trời ghen, đất hờn: (literally "heaven is jealous, earth is resentful") a poetic expression describing a beauty or talent so extraordinary it makes nature envious.

  • Vẻ đẹp của nàng đến mức trời ghen, đất hờn. (Her beauty was such that heaven was jealous, and earth was resentful.)

adj

1. jealous; envious
   • ghen với người nào
     to be jealous of someone