hãi

Thân thiện

Một đứa trẻ cảm thấy hãi khi nhìn thấy con nhện lớn.

Definition

1. 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.)

Học thuật

verb

1. to fear; to dread; to be afraid of,
   • hãi hùng
     dreadful