nằng nặc

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Definition

1. Adverb:
   • With annoying insistence; obstinately: Used to describe the manner of asking, demanding, or requesting something in a persistent, stubborn, and often irritating way, refusing to take no for an answer.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • Thằng bé nằng nặc đòi bế đi chơi. (The little boy insisted obstinately on being carried for a walk.)
  • Nó nằng nặc đòi mua món đồ chơi mới. (He/she kept pestering with annoying insistence to buy the new toy.)
  • Cô ấy nằng nặc yêu cầu được gặp giám đốc. (She stubbornly insisted on meeting the director.)

Advanced Usage

• The word is almost exclusively used to modify verbs related to requesting, demanding, or asking (, , ). It carries a negative connotation, implying the persistence is unwelcome or excessive.

Variants and Related Words

• Nằng nẵng (adv): A less common variant with a similar meaning of stubborn persistence.
• Nài nỉ (v): to plead, to entreat. This is a verb meaning to ask earnestly and repeatedly, but it is less negative and more about persuasion than obstinate demand.

Synonyms

• Obstinately: In a stubbornly persistent manner.
• Doggedly: With tenacious persistence.
• Persistently: In a continuous and insistent way (neutral, but adds a tone of annoyance).

Related Idioms

• While not a standalone idiom, "nằng nặc đòi" is a very common collocation that functions as a set phrase meaning "to stubbornly and annoyingly demand."

Học thuật

1. Ask with annoying insistence
   • Thằng bé nằng nặc đòi bế đi chơi
     The little boy asked with annoying insistence to be taken for a walk