Definition

1. Verb:
   • To sneeze: To involuntarily and forcefully expel air from the nose and mouth due to a sudden irritation inside the nose.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Bụi làm tôi hắt hơi. (The dust made me sneeze.)
  • Cô ấy hắt hơi liên tục vì bị cảm lạnh. (She is sneezing continuously because she has a cold.)
  • Khi bạn muốn hắt hơi, hãy che miệng và mũi lại. (When you need to sneeze, cover your mouth and nose.)

Advanced Usage

• "cơn hắt hơi": a sneezing fit, a bout of sneezing.
  • Anh ấy bị một cơn hắt hơi không dứt. (He had an uncontrollable sneezing fit.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nhảy mũi (v): This is a common synonym for "hắt hơi," also meaning "to sneeze."
  • Tôi nhảy mũi mấy cái liền. (I sneezed several times in a row.)

Synonyms

• Sneeze: The direct and most common English equivalent.

Related Idioms and Expressions

• "Hắt hơi, xỉ mũi": This phrase literally means "sneezing and blowing one's nose," and is used to describe minor, common ailments like a cold.
  • Chỉ hắt hơi, xỉ mũi thôi, không sao đâu. (It's just sneezing and a runny nose, it's nothing serious.)

verb

1. to sneeze