Definition

1. Verb:
   • To shout; to yell; to scream: To produce a very loud vocal sound, often due to strong emotion such as anger, fear, excitement, or to be heard from a distance.
   • To roar: To make a loud, deep, and prolonged sound, similar to an animal's roar or a loud engine.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Đừng hét lên như vậy, tôi nghe rõ mà. (Don't shout/yell like that, I can hear you clearly.)
  • Cô ấy hét lên vì sợ hãi khi nhìn thấy con nhện. (She screamed in fear when she saw the spider.)
  • Huấn luyện viên hét chỉ dẫn cho các cầu thủ từ bên lề. (The coach yelled instructions to the players from the sidelines.)
  • Động cơ máy bay hét lên khi cất cánh. (The airplane engine roared during takeoff.)

Advanced Usage

• "hét toáng lên" / "hét lên": To shout/yell out loudly, often impulsively.
  • Anh ta tức giận và hét toáng lên. (He got angry and shouted out loudly.)
• "hét vào mặt (ai)": To yell in someone's face (aggressively).
  • Anh ấy không nên hét vào mặt đồng nghiệp như vậy. (He shouldn't yell in his colleague's face like that.)
• "hét ra lửa" (Idiomatic): Describes someone who is very strict, fierce, or authoritative; literally "to yell out fire".
  • Ông chủ mới nổi tiếng là người hét ra lửa. (The new boss is famous for being very strict and fierce.)

Variants and Related Words

• La hét (Verb): To shout and yell noisily, often implying a chaotic or angry scene.
  • Hai đứa trẻ đang la hét với nhau trong phòng. (The two children are shouting and yelling at each other in the room.)
• Tiếng hét (Noun): A shout; a scream; a yell.
  • Một tiếng hét thất thanh vang lên trong đêm. (A terrified scream rang out in the night.)

Synonyms

• Gào (Verb): To howl; to bawl (often implies a more prolonged, mournful, or angry sound).
• Thét (Verb): To yell; to bark (similar to "hét" but can sometimes imply a sharper, more commanding tone).
• Quát (Verb): To bark; to snap (to speak angrily and sharply, often in a command).

Related Phrases / Idioms

• "Muốn ăn hét, phải đào giun" (Proverb): Literally "If you want to eat the blackbird, you must dig for worms." Means "No pain, no gain" or "You have to work hard to get what you want."
• "Hét đứt hơi": To shout until one is out of breath.
  • Cô ấy hét đứt hơi gọi đứa con đang chạy đi. (She shouted herself hoarse calling her child who was running away.)

verb

1. to cry; to roar; to scream
   • hét to lên
     to cry aloud