hôi ình
Definition
- Adjective:
- Extremely foul-smelling; stinking badly: Describes a very strong, offensive, and unpleasant odor. It is an emphatic form of "hôi" (smelly), indicating a higher degree of repulsiveness.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Cái thùng rác này hôi ình. (This trash can stinks terribly.)
- Phòng tắm công cộng đôi khi hôi ình. (Public bathrooms sometimes smell awful.)
- Sau khi chơi thể thao, áo của anh ấy hôi ình. (After playing sports, his shirt reeks.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "hôi ình" is often used in informal, colloquial speech for dramatic effect. It is not typically used in formal writing.
Variants and Related Words
Hôi (adj): smelly, malodorous. A less intense synonym.
- Thức ăn này đã hôi. (This food has gone bad/smelly.)
Thối (adj): rotten, putrid. Often describes the smell of decay.
- Mùi thối của rác. (The rotten smell of garbage.)
Synonyms
- Reeking: giving off a strong, unpleasant smell.
- Stinking: having a very bad smell.
- Foul-smelling: having an offensive odor.
- Malodorous: (more formal) having an unpleasant smell.
Related Idioms
- Hôi như cú: to stink like an owl (a colloquial simile for something that smells very bad).
- Cái ao tù đó hôi như cú. (That stagnant pond stinks to high heaven.)