làm tình

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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

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