Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Panting, gasping for breath: Describes the state of breathing rapidly and with difficulty, typically after strenuous physical exertion or due to intense emotion. This is a reduplicative form (láy) derived from "hổn hển," emphasizing the intensity or continuous nature of the action.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Sau khi chạy lên cầu thang, anh ấy đứng hồn ha hổn hển. (After running up the stairs, he stood there panting heavily.)
  • Cô bé hồn ha hổn hển kể lại câu chuyện vừa trải qua. (The little girl gasped out the story of what she had just been through.)

Advanced Usage

• This word is a reduplicative form (từ láy) used for vivid, descriptive emphasis. It often conveys a more dramatic or prolonged state of breathlessness than the base form "hổn hển."

Variants and Related Words

• Hổn hển (Adjective): The base word meaning panting, out of breath.
  • Anh ta thở hổn hển sau trận đấu. (He was panting after the match.)

Synonyms

• Thở dốc: To pant, to be out of breath.
• Thở gấp: To breathe rapidly, to gasp.

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