Definition

1. Verb:
   • To be angry: "Giận" describes the emotional state of feeling displeasure, annoyance, or hostility, typically because of a perceived wrong, offense, or frustration.
   • To be cross/upset with someone: "Giận" often implies directing this anger or irritation towards a specific person due to their actions.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Tôi rất giận vì lời hứa của anh ấy không được giữ. (I am very angry because his promise was not kept.)
  • Đừng giận tôi, tôi không cố ý làm hỏng chiếc xe của bạn. (Don't be angry with me, I didn't mean to damage your car.)
  • Cô ấy giận đến mức không muốn nói chuyện với ai. (She was so angry that she didn't want to talk to anyone.)

Advanced Usage

• "Giận dỗi": to sulk; to be in a petty, sullen anger, often shown by withdrawing or pouting.
  • Đứa trẻ giận dỗi và trốn trong phòng. (The child sulked and hid in the room.)
• "Giận cá chém thớt": (idiomatic) to take out one's anger on an innocent party; to vent frustration on the wrong person.
  • Anh ta bị sếp mắng, về nhà lại giận cá chém thớt vợ con. (He was scolded by his boss, then went home and took it out on his wife and kids.)

Variants and Related Words

• Giận dữ (adj): furious, enraged. This compound intensifies the emotion.
  • Anh ấy nhìn tôi với ánh mắt giận dữ. (He looked at me with furious eyes.)
• Tức giận (verb/adj): to be indignant, to be furious. Another compound emphasizing strong anger.
  • Sự bất công khiến mọi người tức giận. (The injustice made everyone furious.)
• Cáu giận (verb): to be irritable, to be in a bad temper.
  • Ông ấy dễ cáu giận khi mệt mỏi. (He gets irritable easily when he's tired.)

Synonyms

• Tức: to be annoyed, to be pissed off (often slightly less formal/intense than "giận").
• Phật ý: to be displeased, to be offended (more formal, focusing on taking offense).
• Bực mình: to be irritated, to be vexed.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Nổi giận: to flare up in anger, to lose one's temper. This phrase describes the sudden onset of anger.
  • Nghe tin đó, anh ta nổi giận. (Upon hearing that news, he flew into a rage.)
• Hết giận: for one's anger to subside, to stop being angry.
  • Chờ một lúc cho cô ấy hết giận rồi hãy nói chuyện. (Wait a while for her anger to cool down before talking.)

Related Idioms

• Giận thầm, trả vua: (lit., to be secretly angry but repay the king) To harbor a grudge and wait for a powerful opportunity for revenge.
  • Hắn là kẻ giận thầm, trả vua, anh phải cẩn thận. (He is someone who nurses a secret grudge, you must be careful.)
• Cả giận mất khôn: (proverb) Great anger leads to a loss of wisdom; blind rage makes one act foolishly.
  • Hãy bình tĩnh, đừng để cả giận mất khôn. (Stay calm, don't let blind rage make you lose your wisdom.)

verb

1. to be angry
   • nổi giận
     to be out of temper; to get angry