Definition

Noun: * Autumnal cold breeze: A type of wind that is slightly cold and dry, characteristic of autumn in Northern Vietnam. It signals the transition from late summer to early autumn.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trời đã bắt đầu se lạnh với những cơn gió heo may. (The weather has started to turn chilly with the autumnal cold breezes.)
  • Gió heo may về báo hiệu mùa thu đã tới. (The arrival of the autumnal cold breeze signals that autumn has come.)

Advanced Usage

• Cultural Connotation: "Gió heo may" carries strong cultural and emotional connotations in Vietnamese literature and poetry. It often evokes feelings of nostalgia, gentle melancholy, and the fleeting beauty of the autumn season.
  • Bài thơ ấy thấm đẫm nỗi buồn man mác của gió heo may. (That poem is imbued with the faint sadness of the autumnal breeze.)

Variants and Related Words

• Gió mùa thu (n): Autumn wind. (A more general term for wind in autumn, not specifically denoting the cold, dry characteristic of "gió heo may").
• Gió bấc (n): Northeasterly monsoon; cold winter wind. (Refers to the much colder and harsher wind of the winter season, distinct from the gentler "gió heo may").

Synonyms

• Autumnal wind: A direct, descriptive translation.
• Cool autumn breeze: Emphasizes the temperature and seasonal aspect.

Related Idioms/Phrases

• Se lạnh: To turn chilly/crisp. This phrase is very commonly used together with "gió heo may" to describe the characteristic weather.
  • Thời tiết se lạnh vì gió heo may. (The weather is turning crisp because of the autumnal cold breeze.)

1. Autumnal cold breeze