khù khù
Definition
- Adjective:
- Sleeping soundly, deeply asleep: Describes a state of very deep, peaceful, and often oblivious sleep. It often implies the person is sleeping so soundly that they are unaware of their surroundings.
- Stubborn, obstinate (regional/colloquial): In some regional or colloquial usage, it can describe someone who is stubbornly persistent or unyielding in their ways or opinions.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Nó ngủ khù khù, gọi mãi không dậy. (He is sleeping soundly, I called him repeatedly but he didn't wake up.)
- Đừng có khù khù như thế, phải biết nghe lời người khác chứ. (Don't be so stubborn like that, you should listen to others.)
Advanced Usage
- "ngủ khù khù": This is the most common collocation, meaning "to sleep very deeply/soundly."
- Sau chuyến đi dài, anh ấy về nhà và ngủ khù khù cả ngày. (After the long trip, he went home and slept soundly the whole day.)
Variants and Related Words
- Khù (adj): A shorter, more emphatic form implying deep sleep or a dazed, unresponsive state.
- Nó say rượu nên ngồi khù ra đấy. (He's drunk so he's sitting there in a daze.)
- Lì lợm (adj): A more standard synonym for the "stubborn" meaning of "khù khù."
- Ngủ say (verb phrase): The standard phrase for "to sleep deeply."
Synonyms
- Ngủ say: to sleep deeply.
- Cứng đầu: stubborn, obstinate (for the second meaning).
- Lì: stubborn, unyielding.
Related Idioms
- "Ngủ như chết": (to sleep like the dead) - An idiom with a similar meaning to "ngủ khù khù," emphasizing deep, uninterrupted sleep.
- Cậu ta làm việc mệt quá, tối về ngủ như chết. (He worked too hard, in the evening he slept like the dead.)