Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Half-closed, partially closed: Describes eyes that are not fully open, often due to drowsiness, strong light, or a relaxed state.
   • Squinting: Can describe the action of narrowing one's eyes, often to see better or as an expression.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Đôi mắt cô ấy hấp him vì buồn ngủ. (Her eyes were half-closed from sleepiness.)
  • Anh ấy nhìn ra biển với đôi mắt hấp him. (He looked out to the sea with half-closed eyes.)
  • Ánh nắng chói chang khiến mọi người đều hấp him mắt. (The glaring sun made everyone squint.)

Advanced Usage

• "mắt hấp him": This is the most common collocation, specifically describing the state of the eyes.

  • Với đôi mắt hấp him, trông anh ta như sắp ngủ gật. (With his half-closed eyes, he looked like he was about to doze off.)

• Used to describe a facial expression conveying specific emotions like contentment, suspicion, or thoughtfulness.

  • Cô ấy mỉm cười, mắt hấp him suy nghĩ. (She smiled, her eyes half-closed in thought.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nheo mắt: To squint (a verb describing the action of narrowing one's eyes, often for a practical reason like seeing).
• Lim dim: Drowsy, half-asleep (often describes eyes closing due to extreme sleepiness or a state of relaxation, closer to "droopy").
• Nhắm nghiền: Tightly closed (the opposite state, meaning completely shut).

Synonyms

• Nửa nhắm nửa mở: Literally "half-shut, half-open," a descriptive synonym.
• Mí mắt sụp: Eyelids drooping (emphasizes the heaviness of the eyelids).

Related Phrases

• Hấp him giấc ngủ: On the verge of sleep, in a drowsy state.
  • Đứa trẻ nằm hấp him giấc ngủ trên sofa. (The child lay on the sofa, on the verge of sleep.)

Related Idioms

• While "hấp him" itself is not typically the core of a common idiom, it frequently appears in descriptive literary language to set a mood or depict a character's state.
  • Say rượu, anh ta ngồi đó với đôi mắt hấp him. (Drunk, he sat there with glazed, half-closed eyes.)

1. Half-close (nói về mắt)