giá buốt
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Definitions
- Adjective:
- Biting cold, bitterly cold, piercing cold: Describes an intense, penetrating cold that feels sharp and deeply chilling, often causing physical discomfort. It emphasizes the sensation of cold that seems to seep into one's bones.
- Freezing, frigid: Can describe extremely cold weather or conditions.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Trời đông giá buốt. (The winter weather is biting cold.)
- Cơn gió đêm mang theo hơi lạnh giá buốt. (The night wind carried a piercingly cold chill.)
- Tay chân tôi cóng lại vì giá buốt. (My hands and feet are numb from the bitter cold.)
Advanced Usage
- "lạnh giá buốt xương": An intensified phrase meaning "bone-chillingly cold," emphasizing the depth of the cold sensation.
- Sương muối rơi làm không khí lạnh giá buốt xương. (The frost made the air bone-chillingly cold.)
Variants and Related Words
- Giá rét (noun/phrase): Cold spell, freezing weather. Focuses more on the weather condition itself.
- Đợt giá rét kéo dài. (The cold spell lasted a long time.)
- Buốt (adjective): Sharp, piercing, aching (often used for cold or pain). It's the core element conveying the sharp, penetrating sensation in "giá buốt."
- Răng đau buốt. (A sharp toothache.)
- Lạnh buốt (adjective): Chilly and piercing. Very similar in meaning and often interchangeable with "giá buốt."
Synonyms
- Lạnh thấu xương: Literally "cold penetrating to the bones," idiomatically "bone-chilling."
- Lạnh cắt da cắt thịt: Literally "cold that cuts skin and flesh," meaning "bitterly cold."
- Băng giá: Icy, frosty (often describes surfaces or a frozen state).
Notes on Meaning
- Primary Meaning: The core meaning is an intense, physically felt cold characterized by a sharp, penetrating quality. It's more severe than just "lạnh" (cold).
- Figurative Use: While primarily literal, it can be used figuratively to describe a very cold atmosphere, demeanor, or emotion.
- Ánh mắt giá buốt của anh ấy. (His icy gaze.)
adjective
- biting cold