Definition

Adjective: - Deeply sad, sorrowful, heartrending: Describes a state of profound sadness, grief, or melancholy that evokes strong emotion, often related to sounds like crying, lamenting, or sighing.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Tiếng khóc than não nùng vang lên trong đêm khuya. (Sorrowful cries and laments echoed in the late night.)
  • Câu chuyện của bà cụ nghe thật não nùng. (The old woman's story sounded truly heartrending.)
  • Không khí trong phòng chờ thật não nùng. (The atmosphere in the waiting room was profoundly sad.)

Advanced Usage Notes

• "Não nùng" is a literary and emotionally charged adjective. It is stronger and more poetic than the common word "buồn" (sad). It often describes sounds (crying, lamenting, music) or atmospheres filled with deep sorrow.
• It can be used to intensify the description of a sad situation, making it clear that the sadness is not superficial but profound and touching.

Variants and Related Words

• Não nề (adj): A variant with the same meaning of being deeply sad or grievous.
  • Tin tức để lại một cảm giác não nề. (The news left a grievous feeling.)
• Não nuột (adj, literary): An older, less common variant with a similar meaning of being piercingly sad.
• Bi não (adj): Tragic, miserable (often used in more formal or dramatic contexts).
  • Một kết thúc bi não (A tragic ending)

Synonyms

• Buồn thảm (adj): Doleful, mournful.
• Sầu thảm (adj): Melancholy, grievous.
• Thảm thiết (adj): Pitiful, poignant (often describing pleas or cries).

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Than khóc não nùng: To lament sorrowfully.
  • Người mẹ than khóc não nùng bên mộ con. (The mother lamented sorrowfully by her child's grave.)
• Câu chuyện não nùng: A heart-wrenching story.
  • Đó là một câu chuyện tình não nùng. (That is a heart-wrenching love story.)

adj

1. sad; sorrowful