Definition

1. Verb:
   • To entreat persistently; to plead earnestly and repeatedly: "khẩn khoản" describes the action of asking or begging for something with great sincerity, urgency, and insistence, often from a position of need or respect.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cô ấy khẩn khoản xin ông chủ cho thêm thời gian. (She earnestly entreated the boss for more time.)
  • Đứa trẻ khẩn khoản mẹ mua cho món đồ chơi. (The child pleaded persistently with his mother to buy him the toy.)
  • Anh ấy đã khẩn khoản nài xin sự tha thứ. (He persistently entreated for forgiveness.)

Advanced Usage

• "khẩn khoản mời": to invite with earnest insistence.
  • Bà lão khẩn khoản mời chúng tôi ở lại dùng bữa. (The old lady earnestly insisted on inviting us to stay for a meal.)
• "giọng nói khẩn khoản": a pleading, earnest tone of voice.
  • Anh ta nói với giọng khẩn khoản khi xin việc. (He spoke in a pleading tone when asking for the job.)

Variants and Related Words

• Khẩn (adj/adv): urgent, pressing. Often used in formal requests.
  • công việc khẩn (urgent work)
• Khoản (in this compound): part, item; but in "khẩn khoản", it combines to form a specific meaning of earnest entreaty.
• Nài nỉ (verb): to insist, to pester. A close synonym, but can sometimes imply more annoyance than the sincere urgency of "khẩn khoản".
• Năn nỉ (verb): to coax, to persuade gently and persistently. Similar to "khẩn khoản" but often softer.

Synonyms

• Nài xin: to beg, to implore.
• Thiết tha van xin: to plead fervently and beseechingly.
• Cầu xin: to beg, to supplicate (can have a more formal or religious connotation).

Related Phrases (Collocations)

• Khẩn khoản yêu cầu: to earnestly request.
  • Cư dân khẩn khoản yêu cầu chính quyền giải quyết ô nhiễm. (The residents earnestly requested the authorities to solve the pollution problem.)
• Lời khẩn khoản: a plea, an earnest entreaty.
  • Lời khẩn khoản của người mẹ khiến ai nấy đều động lòng. (The mother's earnest plea moved everyone.)

Related Idioms

• Khẩn khoản như xin ăn: to plead as if begging for food (to plead desperately).
  • Nó khẩn khoản như xin ăn để tôi cho nó đi chơi. (He pleaded as if begging for food for me to let him go out.)
• Khẩn thiết khẩn khoản: a reinforcing phrase meaning "extremely earnest and insistent in pleading".
  • Họ khẩn thiết khẩn khoản xin được giúp đỡ. (They were extremely earnest and insistent in pleading for help.)

1. Entreat persistenly