nài

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Definition

1. Verb:

   • To insist / to persist: To ask or demand for something repeatedly and firmly, refusing to accept refusal.
   • To urge / to plead: To try earnestly and repeatedly to persuade someone to do something or to grant a request.
   • (Archaic) To mind / to be deterred by: To be bothered or discouraged by something, such as hardship or difficulty. Often used in the negative form "không nài" or "chẳng nài".

2. Noun:

   • Jockey / Mahout: A person who rides, drives, or tends to an animal, especially an elephant (voi) or a horse in a race.
   • Loop / Ring (of rope): A loop of rope, often in a figure-eight shape, used as a foothold for climbing trees like betel or coconut palms, or used in a plough yoke.

Usage Examples

• Verb:

  • Em bé nài mẹ mua đồ chơi. (The child insisted that his mother buy a toy.)
  • Anh ấy nài tôi ở lại ăn tối. (He urged me to stay for dinner.)
  • Cô ấy làm việc không nài khó nhọc. (She works without minding the hard labor.)

• Noun:

  • Nài voi điều khiển con voi một cách khéo léo. (The elephant mahout skillfully guided the elephant.)
  • Người nài đó đã thắng cuộc đua. (That jockey won the race.)
  • Họ dùng nài để trèo lên cây cau. (They use a rope loop to climb the areca palm.)

Advanced Usage

• "nài nỉ": to beg persistently, to entreat. This is an intensified form of the verb "nài".
  • Cô ấy nài nỉ tôi cho cô ấy một cơ hội khác. (She persistently begged me to give her another chance.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nài ngựa (n): A horse jockey.
• Nài voi (n): An elephant mahout or keeper.

Synonyms

• Verb: Insist, plead, urge, beg, persist.
• Noun: Jockey, mahout, handler, loop, strap.

Related Idioms

• Không nài khó nhọc / Chẳng nài gian khó: Not to be deterred by hardship; to persevere despite difficulties.
  • Họ xây dựng đất nước không nài khó nhọc. (They built the country without being deterred by hardship.)

Học thuật

verb

1. to mind
   • không nài khó nhọc
     not to mind hard work

verb

1. to insists

verb

1. to tie

noun

1. jockey