hí
Definition
- Verb:
- (Of a horse) to whinny; to neigh: To make the characteristic high-pitched sound of a horse.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Con ngựa hí lên khi thấy chủ. (The horse whinnied when it saw its owner.)
- Tiếng ngựa hí vang trong đêm yên tĩnh. (The sound of a horse neighing echoed in the quiet night.)
- Ngựa thường hí để giao tiếp với đồng loại. (Horses often neigh to communicate with each other.)
Advanced Usage
- "hí vang": to neigh loudly, to let out a resounding neigh.
- Con tuấn mã hí vang trước trận đấu. (The steed neighed loudly before the battle.)
- "hí lên": to neigh (often suddenly or once).
- Bị giật mình, con ngựa hí lên một tiếng. (Startled, the horse let out a neigh.)
Variants and Related Words
- Hí hí (onomatopoeic verb): An onomatopoeic reduplication describing a light or repeated neighing sound.
- Ngựa con hí hí theo mẹ. (The foal whinnied lightly after its mother.)
- Hí hót (verb, colloquial): To chatter or talk nonsense (figurative, unrelated to the original animal sound).
- Nó chỉ biết hí hót, đừng tin. (He only knows how to chatter nonsense, don't believe him.)
Synonyms
- Kêu (verb): to call, to cry out (a general verb for animal sounds).
- Rống (verb): to roar (used for larger animals like lions, tigers; not a direct synonym but another animal sound verb).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
Related Idioms
- "Nói như ngựa hí": To talk loudly and arrogantly (literally: to talk like a horse neighs).
- Anh ta cứ nói như ngựa hí, chẳng ai muốn nghe. (He keeps talking loudly and arrogantly, no one wants to listen.)
verb
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(of horse) to whinny; to neigh
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