Definition

Động từ: - To have sexual intercourse: The act of engaging in physical intimacy and sexual relations between individuals. - To make love: The act of expressing love and affection through physical intimacy, often implying emotional connection alongside the physical act.

Usage Examples

• Động từ:
  • Họ đã làm tình với nhau sau đám cưới. (They made love after the wedding.)
  • Một số loài động vật làm tình chỉ để duy trì nòi giống. (Some animals have sex only to procreate.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is a direct and common verb for the act of sex. It is neutral but can be considered informal or blunt in some contexts, unlike more euphemistic phrases.
• It is typically used in factual, biological, or relational contexts. Using it to describe others' actions can sometimes sound crude.

Variants and Related Words

• Quan hệ tình dục (Verb/Noun): To have sexual relations / sexual intercourse. This is a more formal and clinical synonym.
• Ân ái (Verb): To be intimate, to make love. This is a more literary and euphemistic term, emphasizing tenderness.
• Giao hợp (Verb): To copulate. This is a technical, biological term.

Synonyms

• Giao cấu (Verb): To copulate (formal, technical).
• Ngủ với nhau (Verb Phrase): To sleep together (common, informal euphemism).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Làm chuyện ấy (Verb Phrase): To do it. A very common and vague euphemism.
• Ăn nằm với nhau (Verb Phrase): Literally "to eat and lie down together," an idiom meaning to have a sexual relationship, often implying cohabitation.

Related Idioms

• Chăn gối (Noun/Verb): Literally "blanket and pillow," referring to marital or sexual intimacy. (e.g., - matters of the bed).
• Động phòng (Verb): A classical term for consummating a marriage.

Verb

1. to make love
2. to have sex