khịt

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Một cậu bé khịt mũi vì bị cảm lạnh.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To sniff, to snuffle: To breathe in or out through the nose audibly, often in short, repeated bursts, typically to clear a stuffy nose or to smell something.
   • To snort: To make a similar sound, sometimes expressing disdain or amusement.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Đứa trẻ khịt mũi vì bị cảm. (The child is sniffling because of a cold.)
  • Nó có tật khịt mũi. (He/She has a habit of sniffing.)
  • Con chó khịt khịt ngửi mùi thức ăn. (The dog sniffs at the smell of the food.)

Advanced Usage

• "Khìn khịt" (reduplicative form): To sniffle repeatedly or continuously.

  • Cô bé cứ khìn khịt suốt buổi học. (The little girl kept sniffling throughout the class.)

• "Khịt mũi": The most common collocation, specifically meaning to sniff/snuffle through the nose.

  • Đừng khịt mũi nữa, hãy dùng khăn đi. (Stop sniffling, use a tissue.)

Variants and Related Words

• Khịt khịt (reduplicative form): An intensified or more frequentative form of "khịt," emphasizing repeated sniffing sounds.
  • Tiếng khịt khịt (the sound of repeated sniffing)

Synonyms

• Hít: To inhale (more general, not necessarily audible).
• Ngửi: To smell, to sniff (focuses on the olfactory action).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Khịt vào: To sniff in.
  • Nó khịt vào để ngửi mùi hoa. (He sniffed in to smell the flower.)

Related Idioms

Học thuật

1. Sniff
   • Có tật khịt mũi
     To have a sniffing habit, to be in the habit if sniffing
   • Khịt mũi vì bị cảm
     To sniff because of cold.
2. (Khìn khịt) (láy, ý liên tiếp)