lạ
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Definition
Adjective:
- Strange; unfamiliar: Refers to something or someone not previously known, seen, or experienced.
- Unusual; extraordinary: Describes something that is not normal, common, or ordinary.
- Foreign: Pertaining to something from another place or country.
Verb:
- To find strange; to be surprised by: To consider something to be unusual or to express surprise about it.
Adverb:
- Extremely; remarkably: Used to intensify an adjective, indicating an unusual or surprising degree.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- Đừng nói chuyện với người lạ. (Don't talk to strangers.)
- Có một âm thanh lạ trong phòng. (There is a strange sound in the room.)
- Anh ấy thích khám phá những vùng đất lạ. (He likes to explore foreign lands.)
Verb:
- Tôi lạ gì tính nó. (I am no stranger to his character./I am not surprised by his character.)
Adverb:
- Cô ấy hôm nay vui lạ. (She is remarkably happy today.)
Advanced Usage
"chuyện lạ": a strange/weird story or event.
- Báo chí đăng nhiều chuyện lạ. (The newspapers publish many strange stories.)
"của lạ": something unusual, exotic, or a novelty.
- Trẻ con hay thích của lạ. (Children often like novelties.)
Variants and Related Words
Lạ lùng (adj): strange, peculiar, bizarre.
- Phong tục đó thật lạ lùng. (That custom is truly bizarre.)
Lạ mặt (adj): unfamiliar (face), stranger.
- Một người đàn ông lạ mặt đang đứng ở cổng. (An unfamiliar man is standing at the gate.)
Lạ hậu (adj): backward, lagging behind (often in development).
- Kỹ thuật lạ hậu. (Outdated technology.)
Synonyms
- Strange: not familiar or known.
- Unusual: not habitually or commonly occurring.
- Foreign: belonging to a different country or culture.
- Extraordinary: very unusual or remarkable.
Related Idioms
Lạ nước lạ cái: to be in a completely new and unfamiliar environment; to feel out of place.
- Mới chuyển đến, tôi cảm thấy lạ nước lạ cái. (Just having moved, I feel like a fish out of water.)
Mặt dày mày dạn, chẳng lạ ai: to be thick-skinned and familiar with everything (implying nothing is surprising anymore).
- Anh ta mặt dày mày dạn, chẳng lạ ai cả. (He is so thick-skinned, nothing surprises him anymore.)
adj
- strange; foreign
- người lạa strange person. unusual; extraordinary
- thích của lạto be fond of things unusual