hồ hởi

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Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Jovial, cheerful, enthusiastic: Describes a state of being openly and eagerly happy, often with high spirits and positive energy. It conveys a sense of shared excitement or eagerness about a common activity or prospect.
   • With gusto, with alacrity: Describes the manner of doing something with eager willingness and hearty enthusiasm.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Mọi người đều hồ hởi đón chào năm mới. (Everyone is jovial in welcoming the new year.)
  • Anh ấy hồ hởi nhận nhiệm vụ khó khăn. (He enthusiastically accepted the difficult task.)
  • Thái độ hồ hởi của cô ấy làm cả nhóm vui lên. (Her cheerful attitude made the whole group happy.)

Advanced Usage

• The word is often used to describe a collective, contagious feeling of eagerness at the beginning of a shared endeavor or communal activity.
  • Tinh thần hồ hởi của các tình nguyện viên thật đáng khích lệ. (The enthusiastic spirit of the volunteers is truly encouraging.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hào hứng (adj): excited, eager. While similar, can be more individual and momentary, whereas often implies a more sustained, outward, and hearty enthusiasm.
  • Các cầu thủ bước vào trận đấu với tâm thế hào hứng. (The players entered the match in an excited state.)

Synonyms

• Enthusiastic: having or showing intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval.
• Jovial: cheerful and friendly.
• Hearty: loudly vigorous and cheerful.
• Eager: wanting to do or have something very much.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Hồ hởi phấn khởi: An alliterative phrase that intensifies the meaning, translating to "extremely cheerful and excited."
  • Nghe tin ấy, anh ấy hồ hởi phấn khởi vô cùng. (Hearing that news, he became extremely cheerful and excited.)

Học thuật

1. Jovial, cheerful
   • Thái độ hồ hởi
     A cheerful attitude