hít

Thân thiện

Một em bé hít một bông hoa thơm.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To inhale: To draw air, smoke, or a scent into the lungs through the nose or mouth.
   • To sniff: To draw in air or a scent through the nose audibly or forcefully, often to smell something.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Hãy hít thở sâu. (Take a deep breath.)
  • Nó hít mùi hương của bông hoa. (He sniffed the scent of the flower.)
  • Không được hít khói thuốc. (Do not inhale cigarette smoke.)

Advanced Usage

• "hít vào": to breathe in, to inhale.

  • Hít vào bằng mũi, thở ra bằng miệng. (Inhale through the nose, exhale through the mouth.)

• "hít phải": to inhale (something, often accidentally or undesirably).

  • Đứa trẻ hít phải bụi bẩn. (The child inhaled dust.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hít thở (v): to breathe (the general process of inhalation and exhalation).
  • Con người cần không khí để hít thở. (Humans need air to breathe.)

Synonyms

• Inhale: To draw breath or air into the lungs.
• Sniff: To draw in air through the nose to perceive a smell.
• Breathe in: To inhale.

Related Idioms

• Hít khí trời: Literally "to inhale the sky's air," meaning to be idle, to do nothing of substance.
  • Suốt ngày chỉ biết hít khí trời. (All day long, he does nothing but idle around.)

Học thuật

verb

1. to inhale; to inspire; to breathe; to sniff
   • hít giá biểu
     to sniff the sea-wir