Definition

1. Intransitive Verb:
   • To subside, to abate, to lessen in intensity: Refers to strong emotions (like anger, sorrow, longing) or severe conditions (like pain, fever) gradually becoming less intense, severe, or sharp.
   • To calm down, to cool down, to be appeased: Describes a state of becoming calmer or more peaceful after a period of agitation or distress.

Usage Examples

• Intransitive Verb:
  • Cơn giận của anh ấy đã nguôi. (His anger has subsided.)
  • Sau nhiều năm, nỗi buồn mới dần nguôi. (After many years, the sorrow gradually abated.)
  • Chờ cho cơn bão nguôi đã rồi hãy ra khơi. (Wait for the storm to calm down before setting sail.)

Advanced Usage

• "nguôi ngoai": (reduplicative, meaning slightly diminished) To be somewhat assuaged, to have lessened a bit.
  • Nỗi nhớ nhà đã nguôi ngoai phần nào. (The homesickness has lessened somewhat.)
• "nguôi lòng": (idiomatic) For one's heart/mind to become calm or settled (often regarding emotions like anger, resentment, or longing).
  • Bao nhiêu oán giận cũng phải nguôi lòng. (All resentment must eventually settle.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nguôi nguôi (reduplicative form of the verb): To subside a little, to become a little less sharp or severe.
  • Cơn đau đầu đã nguôi nguôi. (The headache has subsided a little.)
• Dịu (verb): To soften, to become mild/gentle. Often used similarly to "nguôi" for emotions or pain but can also describe light, sound, or flavor.
• Nguội (adjective): Cool, cold (in temperature). Note: "Nguội" and "nguôi" are distinct words. "Nguội" refers to physical temperature, while "nguôi" refers to emotional intensity.

Synonyms

• Dịu đi: To soften, to become milder.
• Lắng xuống: To settle down, to subside (often for emotions or noise).
• Hạ nhiệt: To cool down (literal and figurative for anger).

Related Idioms

• "Giận lắm mới nguôi lâu": (Proverb) Great anger takes a long time to subside.
• "Thời gian làm nguôi mọi nỗi đau": Time heals all wounds. (Lit: Time makes all pains subside.)

1. Subside, become appeased, becomeless sharp (severe), cool down, calm down
   • Nguôi giận
     One's angers has subsided
   • Nguôi nguôi (láy, ý giảm)
     To subside a litter, to become a little less sharp (severe)
   • Cơn giận đã nguôi nguôi
     His anger hassubside a little