hãi
Definition
- Verb:
- To fear intensely; to dread; to be terrified of: Expresses a strong, often sudden, feeling of fear or terror, typically in reaction to something frightening or shocking.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Nghe tiếng động lạ, nó hãi quá, chạy mất. (Hearing the strange noise, it was so terrified that it ran away.)
- Tôi hãi cảnh máu me. (I am terrified of the sight of blood.)
- Đừng làm trẻ con hãi. (Don't frighten the children.)
Advanced Usage
"hãi hùng" (adjective): dreadful, horrifying. This is a common compound adjective derived from "hãi".
- Đó là một trải nghiệm hãi hùng. (That was a horrifying experience.)
"khiếp hãi" (verb/noun): to be terrified; terror. This is a synonym compound word.
- Sự kiện đó gây ra nỗi khiếp hãi cho mọi người. (That event caused terror for everyone.)
Variants and Related Words
Hoảng hãi (v): to panic, to be in a state of frightened panic.
- Cô ấy hoảng hãi khi thấy lửa. (She panicked when she saw the fire.)
Sợ hãi (v/n): to fear; fear. A more general and common synonym for being afraid.
- Đứa trẻ sợ hãi bóng tối. (The child is afraid of the dark.)
Synonyms
- To dread: To anticipate with great fear or apprehension.
- To be terrified: To be filled with overwhelming fear.
- To be frightened: To be made afraid.
Related Idioms
- Mặt xanh như chàm đổ (literally: face as green/blue as spilled indigo): This idiom describes a face pale with terror, a state caused by "hãi".
- Nghe tin dữ, mặt anh ta tái xanh, hãi quá. (Hearing the bad news, his face turned pale with terror.)
verb
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to fear; to dread; to be afraid of,
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hãi hùngdreadful
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