nức nở

Thân thiện

Một em bé nức nở vì làm vỡ chiếc cốc yêu thích.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To sob: To cry noisily while taking in short, sudden breaths, typically expressing intense sadness, grief, or sometimes overwhelming emotion.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Đứa trẻ nức nở vì bị mất đồ chơi. (The child sobbed because he lost his toy.)
  • Cô ấy ngồi một mình và nức nở. (She sat alone and sobbed.)
  • Nghe tin buồn, anh ấy bật khóc nức nở. (Upon hearing the sad news, he burst into sobbing tears.)

Advanced Usage

• "nức nở khen": To praise incessantly or effusively. This is a figurative extension where "nức nở" describes a continuous, overflowing action.
  • Mọi người nức nở khen món ăn ngon. (Everyone couldn't stop praising the delicious food.)

Variants and Related Words

• Khóc nức nở (verb phrase): To weep and sob, to cry one's heart out. This is the most common collocation.
  • Bà ấy khóc nức nở trong đám tang. (She sobbed uncontrollably at the funeral.)

Synonyms

• Sob: To cry with convulsive catching of the breath.
• Bawl: To cry loudly (though often less controlled than a sob).
• Weep: To shed tears (can be quieter than sobbing).

Related Idioms

• Nức nở như ri (Southern Vietnamese dialect): To sob continuously like this. The word "ri" is a demonstrative meaning "like this," emphasizing the manner of sobbing.
  • Nó cứ khóc nức nở như ri hoài. (He just keeps sobbing like this incessantly.)

Học thuật

1. Sob
   • Khóc nức nở
     To sob one's heart out