Definition

1. Verb:
   • To ponder / to think deeply: To consider something carefully and at length, often involving reflection or contemplation.
   • To worry / to brood: To think anxiously or uneasily about something, often repeatedly.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Anh ấy ngồi một mình nghĩ ngợi về tương lai. (He sat alone, pondering the future.)
  • Đừng nghĩ ngợi về chuyện đó nữa. (Don't worry about that anymore.)
  • Cô ấy nghĩ ngợi mãi về lời nói của anh. (She kept brooding over his words.)

Advanced Usage

• "nghĩ ngợi lung tung": to think about random, often unnecessary or worrisome things.
  • Đừng nghĩ ngợi lung tung, mọi chuyện sẽ ổn thôi. (Don't let your thoughts run wild; everything will be fine.)

Variants and Related Words

• Suy nghĩ (v): to think, to consider. This is a more general and common synonym.

  • Tôi cần thời gian để suy nghĩ. (I need time to think.)

• Trầm tư (v): to be pensive, to be deep in thought.

  • Ông ấy trầm tư nhìn ra cửa sổ. (He was pensively looking out the window.)

Synonyms

• Ponder: To think about something carefully.
• Contemplate: To look thoughtfully at something or to think deeply.
• Brood: To think deeply about something that makes one unhappy.
• Mull over: To think about something carefully and for a long time.

Related Idioms

• Nghĩ ngợi vẩn vơ: to have wandering, aimless thoughts.

  • Cả buổi chiều cô ấy chỉ ngồi nghĩ ngợi vẩn vơ. (She spent the whole afternoon just sitting with wandering thoughts.)

• Nghĩ ngợi đủ đường: to think of every possibility (often leading to worry).

  • Nghe tin đó, anh ấy nghĩ ngợi đủ đường. (Upon hearing that news, he thought of every possible scenario.)

1. Ponder over, consider carefully, worry about
   • Thôi đừng nghĩ ngợi làm gì, việc đã xảy ra rồi không thể cứu vãn được
     Don't worry about that thing any longer, what is done cannot be undone