hù
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Definition
Verb:
- To startle, to scare: To suddenly frighten someone, often as a prank or joke, by making a loud noise or sudden appearance.
- To intimidate, to threaten: To attempt to frighten or coerce someone through menacing words or actions.
Noun:
- Scare, fright: An instance of being startled or frightened.
- Owl: (In zoology) A type of owl. This meaning is primarily used in the compound term "chim hù" (owl).
Usage Examples
Verb:
- Nó thích hù bạn bè trong bóng tối. (He likes to scare his friends in the dark.)
- Đừng hù tôi như thế! (Don't startle me like that!)
- Tên cướp dùng dao để hù nạn nhân. (The robber used a knife to intimidate the victim.)
Noun:
- Tiếng hét của cô ấy gây ra một phen hù. (Her scream caused quite a scare.)
- Chim hù thường hoạt động về đêm. (Owls are usually active at night.)
Advanced Usage
"hù dọa": To threaten or menace. This is a common compound verb.
- Hắn dùng lời lẽ để hù dọa mọi người. (He used words to threaten people.)
"làm hù": To put on a bluff, to pretend to be more powerful or threatening than one actually is.
- Anh ta chỉ đang làm hù thôi, đừng sợ. (He's just bluffing, don't be afraid.)
Variants and Related Words
- Chim hù (n): Owl. This is the standard term for the bird.
- Hùm (n): Tiger (archaic/poetic). Note: This is a different word but can be confused due to similar sound.
- Hù doạ (v): Alternative spelling for "hù dọa" (to threaten).
Synonyms
- Dọa (v): To threaten, to scare.
- Làm sợ (v): To frighten.
- Khiếp sợ (v/n): To terrify / terror.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Hù cho sợ: To scare someone (for fun or effect).
- Thằng bé hù cho em gái sợ khóc. (The boy scared his little sister until she cried.)
- Hù một phát: To give someone a sudden scare.
- Anh ấy nhảy ra hù tôi một phát. (He jumped out and gave me a sudden scare.)
Related Idioms
- Hù ma, dọa quỷ: Literally "to scare ghosts, threaten devils". It means to engage in empty threats or to try to scare the unscareable, implying the threats are not credible.
- Lời đe dọa của hắn chỉ là hù ma dọa quỷ. (His threats are just empty bluffs.)
- Wood owl