hé

Thân thiện

Cô ấy chỉ hé cửa để nhìn ra ngoài.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To open slightly, to part a little: "hé" describes the action of opening something just a bit, not fully.
   • To begin to appear, to break (dawn, light): "hé" can describe the initial, faint appearance of something, like dawn or light.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cô ấy hé cửa để nhìn ra ngoài. (She opened the door slightly to look outside.)
  • Anh ấy chỉ hé môi cười mà không nói gì. (He just parted his lips slightly in a smile without saying anything.)
  • Trời đã hé sáng. (Dawn was breaking.)

Advanced Usage

• "hé lộ": to reveal slightly, to hint at.

  • Bài phát biểu đã hé lộ một số kế hoạch mới. (The speech hinted at some new plans.)

• "hé nở": to begin to bloom/blossom (used for flowers).

  • Những nụ hoa đang hé nở. (The flower buds are beginning to bloom.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hé mở (verb phrase): to open slightly, to begin to reveal.

  • Cánh cửa cơ hội đang hé mở. (The door of opportunity is opening slightly.)

• Hé rạng (verb, literary): to dawn, to begin to get light.

  • Bình minh hé rạng ở phía đông. (Dawn is breaking in the east.)

Synonyms

• Mở hé: to open a crack.
• Ló dạng: to begin to show/appear.

Related Idioms

• "Hé cửa lòng": to begin to open one's heart, to start to confide.
  • Sau nhiều lần trò chuyện, cô ấy đã hé cửa lòng. (After many conversations, she began to open her heart.)

Học thuật

1. Open slightly
   • hé cửa
     To open a door slightly
   • Hé môi
     To open one's lips slightly
2. Break
   • Mây hé ra và mặt trời lộ rõ
     The clouds broke and the sun came out
   • Trời hé sáng
     Dawn (the day) was breaking