hí

Thân thiện

Những con ngựa hí vang lừng trên cánh đồng.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • (Of a horse) to whinny; to neigh: To make the characteristic high-pitched sound of a horse.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Con ngựa hí lên khi thấy chủ. (The horse whinnied when it saw its owner.)
  • Tiếng ngựa hí vang trong đêm yên tĩnh. (The sound of a horse neighing echoed in the quiet night.)
  • Ngựa thường hí để giao tiếp với đồng loại. (Horses often neigh to communicate with each other.)

Advanced Usage

• "hí vang": to neigh loudly, to let out a resounding neigh.
  • Con tuấn mã hí vang trước trận đấu. (The steed neighed loudly before the battle.)
• "hí lên": to neigh (often suddenly or once).
  • Bị giật mình, con ngựa hí lên một tiếng. (Startled, the horse let out a neigh.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hí hí (onomatopoeic verb): An onomatopoeic reduplication describing a light or repeated neighing sound.
  • Ngựa con hí hí theo mẹ. (The foal whinnied lightly after its mother.)
• Hí hót (verb, colloquial): To chatter or talk nonsense (figurative, unrelated to the original animal sound).
  • Nó chỉ biết hí hót, đừng tin. (He only knows how to chatter nonsense, don't believe him.)

Synonyms

• Kêu (verb): to call, to cry out (a general verb for animal sounds).
• Rống (verb): to roar (used for larger animals like lions, tigers; not a direct synonym but another animal sound verb).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

Related Idioms

• "Nói như ngựa hí": To talk loudly and arrogantly (literally: to talk like a horse neighs).
  • Anh ta cứ nói như ngựa hí, chẳng ai muốn nghe. (He keeps talking loudly and arrogantly, no one wants to listen.)

Học thuật

verb

1. (of horse) to whinny; to neigh