Definition

1. Verb:
   • To pout, to make a sulky or displeased expression with the lips: "giảu mỏ" describes the action of pushing out one's lips, often in a childish, sulky, or coquettish manner to show displeasure, disappointment, or to tease.
   • To grimace (with the mouth): It can also refer to making a distorted facial expression primarily involving the mouth and lips.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Đứa trẻ giảu mỏ khi không được mua đồ chơi. (The child pouted when they weren't bought a toy.)
  • Cô ấy chỉ giảu mỏ đùa thôi, đừng lo. (She's just pouting playfully, don't worry.)
  • Nó giảu mỏ làm mặt xấu với tôi. (He made a funny/sulky face at me by pouting.)

Advanced Usage

• "giảu mỏ giảu miệng": An intensified or repetitive form emphasizing the act of making sulky faces or pouting repeatedly.
  • Suốt ngày cứ giảu mỏ giảu miệng, chẳng ai ưa. (Pouting and making faces all day, nobody likes that.)

Variants and Related Words

• Giảu môi (Verb): A direct synonym, meaning exactly the same as "giảu mỏ" (to pout). As noted in the reference, "giảu mỏ" is like "giảu môi".
• Bĩu môi (Verb): A very common synonym for "giảu mỏ/môi", meaning to pout or curl one's lips in disdain or sulkiness.
• Chu mỏ (Verb): To purse one's lips, often in concentration or before speaking, sometimes overlapping with a pouting expression.

Synonyms

• Pout: (làm bộ môi, bĩu môi) - The most direct English equivalent.
• Make a face: (làm mặt, nhăn mặt) - A more general term for a distorted facial expression.
• Sulk: (hờn dỗi) - Refers more to the mood/behavior that often accompanies pouting.

Related Idioms

• While "giảu mỏ" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, the action is central to expressions of childish displeasure. A related concept is:
  • Làm mình làm mẩy / Hờn dỗi: To sulk or act in a spoiled, pouty manner. "Giảu mỏ" is the physical manifestation of this behavior.

    • Đừng có làm mình làm mẩy, giảu mỏ nữa! (Stop sulking and pouting!)