giỡn
Definition
- Verb:
- To play, to frolic: To engage in lighthearted, playful activity, often involving fun and amusement.
- To tease, to joke: To act or speak in a playful, non-serious manner to provoke laughter or mild amusement, often without harmful intent.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Đừng giỡn nữa, chúng ta cần nghiêm túc. (Stop joking/playing around, we need to be serious.)
- Bọn trẻ đang giỡn với con mèo trong sân. (The children are playing with the cat in the yard.)
- Anh ấy chỉ giỡn thôi, đừng giận. (He was just teasing/joking, don't be angry.)
Advanced Usage
- "giỡn mặt": To tease or joke with someone to the point of testing their patience or taking them lightly (often implies going too far).
- Đừng có giỡn mặt với tôi. (Don't you dare mess/joke around with me.)
- "nói giỡn": To say something as a joke; to speak in jest.
- Tôi chỉ nói giỡn cho vui thôi. (I was just saying it as a joke for fun.)
Variants and Related Words
- Đùa giỡn (verb phrase): To play around, to joke (a more common compound combining "đùa" and "giỡn" with similar meaning).
- Cả lớp đang đùa giỡn trong giờ ra chơi. (The whole class is playing around during recess.)
- Trêu giỡn (verb phrase): To tease, to banter (specifically emphasizes the teasing aspect).
- Anh ta thích trêu giỡn bạn bè. (He likes to tease his friends.)
Synonyms
- Đùa (verb): To joke, to kid. (Very close synonym, often used interchangeably or combined as "đùa giỡn").
- Nghịch (verb): To play, to fiddle with (can imply playful mischief).
- Trêu (verb): To tease, to provoke playfully.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- giỡn với lửa (idiomatic phrase): Literally "to play/joke with fire"; to engage in a very dangerous or risky activity.
- Đầu tư mà không nghiên cứu là giỡn với lửa. (Investing without research is playing with fire.)
Related Idioms
- Giỡn hoài giỡn hủy: To joke around excessively or inappropriately; to never be serious.
- Việc quan trọng thế này mà cậu cứ giỡn hoài giỡn hủy. (This is such an important matter, yet you keep fooling around incessantly.)
verb
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to play; to tease; to joke
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