Definition

1. Verb:
   • To lift, to raise (one's head): "ngấc" specifically describes the action of lifting or raising one's head, typically from a lowered or bent position. It is often used in a dialectal or regional context.

Usage

• Basic Usage: The verb "ngấc" is used to indicate the physical movement of raising one's head. It is often followed by words specifying the direction or purpose of the action.
  • Đang đọc sách, ngấc lên nhìn có người đi vào. (While reading, he lifted his head to look because someone had just come in.)
  • Cô ấy ngấc mặt lên nhìn trời. (She raised her face to look at the sky.)

Advanced Usage

• "ngấc đầu": to lift one's head.
  • Con rùa ngấc đầu lên khỏi mai. (The turtle lifted its head out of its shell.)
• "ngấc mặt": to raise one's face.
  • Nó ngấc mặt lên đáp lời thầy giáo. (He raised his face to answer the teacher.)

Variants and Related Words

• Ngước (verb): to look up, to raise (one's eyes or head). This is a more standard synonym.
  • Ngước mắt nhìn. (To look up.)
• Ngửng (verb): to lift, to raise (often used in the compound "ngửng đầu"). This is also a standard synonym found in the Vietnamese-Vietnamese definition.
  • Ngửng đầu lên. (To lift one's head up.)

Synonyms

• Ngẩng: to raise, to lift (one's head). This is another common synonym.
• Nâng: to lift, to raise (can be used for objects or body parts in a more general sense).

Notes

• Dialectal Use: "Ngấc" is noted as a dialectal word (địa phương). In formal writing or standard speech, words like ngước, ngửng, or ngẩng are more commonly used.
• Specificity: The word typically implies a quick or sudden movement of the head, often in response to a stimulus (like a sound or an event).

1. (địa phương) Lift, raise [one's head]
   • Đang đọc sách, ngấc lên nhìn có người đi vào
     To lift one's head and look from what one is reading, because someone has just come in