miết

Một người thợ dùng bay để miết vữa lên bức tường.

Definition

1. Verb:

   • To press and slide firmly: To apply strong, continuous pressure while moving an object across a surface, often to smooth, spread, or adhere something.
   • To work or do something continuously and tirelessly: To persist in an action without stopping, often with great effort or focus.

2. Adverb:

   • Continuously, non-stop, all the way: Describes an action performed in one go, without interruption or pause.

Usage Examples

• Verb:

  • Miết vữa cho phẳng. (Press and smooth the mortar flat.)
  • Cô ấy miết băng dính lên hộp. (She firmly pressed and slid the tape onto the box.)
  • Nó miết học cả đêm. (He studied tirelessly all night.)

• Adverb:

  • Xe chạy miết về phía nam. (The vehicle drove non-stop toward the south.)
  • Anh ấy làm miết từ sáng đến tối. (He worked continuously from morning till night.)

Advanced Usage

• "miết đi": To be gone for good; to leave permanently.
  • Nó miết đi không một lời chào. (He left for good without a word.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lì miết (adv): To persist stubbornly or doggedly in an action.
  • Nó ngồi lì miết trước máy tính. (He sat stubbornly in front of the computer without moving.)

Synonyms

• Verb: To rub firmly, to smooth, to press down, to grind away (at something).
• Adverb: Uninterruptedly, incessantly, relentlessly.

Related Idioms

• Làm miết: To work away continuously.
  • Cả tuần nó chỉ làm miết. (All week he just worked away non-stop.)