Definition

1. Verb:
   • To taste: To put a small amount of food or drink in your mouth to experience its flavor or to check its seasoning.
   • To try / to sample: To experience something for the first time or to test it, often used figuratively for non-food experiences.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Đầu bếp nếm nước sốt trước khi phục vụ. (The chef tastes the sauce before serving.)
  • Bạn đã nếm thử món ăn Việt Nam này chưa? (Have you tried this Vietnamese dish?)
  • Anh ấy đã nếm trải sự thất vọng. (He has tasted disappointment.)

Advanced Usage

• "nếm thử": to try a taste, to sample.

  • Khách hàng được khuyến khích nếm thử phô mai miễn phí. (Customers are encouraged to sample the cheese for free.)

• "nếm mùi": to get a taste of, to experience (often something negative).

  • Kẻ bắt nạt cuối cùng cũng nếm mùi thất bại. (The bully finally got a taste of failure.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nếm trải (v): to experience, to undergo (often used for life experiences).
  • Cô ấy đã nếm trải nhiều khó khăn trong đời. (She has undergone many hardships in life.)

Synonyms

• Taste: to perceive flavor.
• Sample: to try a small amount.
• Experience: to undergo an event or feeling.

Related Idioms

• Nếm mật nằm gai: to taste bitterness and lie on thorns; to endure hardship and suffering patiently for a future goal.

  • Để thành công, đôi khi phải nếm mật nằm gai. (To succeed, one sometimes must endure great hardship.)

• Nếm đủ mùi đời: to have tasted all the flavors of life; to have experienced all the ups and downs of life.

  • Ông ấy già đời, đã nếm đủ mùi đời. (He is old and has experienced all of life's vicissitudes.)

verb

1. to taste (food); to try
   • nếm một món ăn
     to try a dish