nguội
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Definition
Adjective:
- Cool; cold (in temperature): Refers to an object, substance, or food that has lost its heat and reached a lower, often ambient, temperature.
- Cooled; diminished (in emotion or enthusiasm): Describes a state where passion, zeal, or emotional intensity has decreased or faded.
Verb (less common):
- To cool down; to become cold: The process of losing heat.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Cơm nguội khó ăn. (Cold rice is hard to eat.)
- Hãy uống nước đun sôi để nguội. (Drink boiled water that has been allowed to cool.)
- Nhiệt tình của anh ấy đã nguội đi. (His enthusiasm has cooled down.)
Advanced Usage
- In mechanical or technical contexts (dt.), "nguội" can refer to cold working or cold metalworking processes (e.g., - cold work, fitting work).
- The reduplicated form "nguội nguội" expresses a diminished degree, meaning "lukewarm" or "slightly cool."
- Canh nguội nguội rồi. (The soup has become lukewarm.)
Variants and Related Words
- Để nguội (verb phrase): to let something cool down.
- Bánh cần để nguội trước khi cắt. (The cake needs to cool down before being cut.)
- Nguội lạnh (adjective): cold and lifeless, often describing food or, metaphorically, emotions.
- Trái tim nguội lạnh. (A cold heart.)
Synonyms
- Lạnh: cold (often colder than "nguội").
- Nguội lạnh: chilled, cold.
- Dịu đi (for emotions): to subside, to cool off.
Related Idioms and Expressions
- Công việc đến nguội mất: The work/job is going down the drain; it's becoming a mess or failing.
- Nguội đi: To cool off (emotionally).
- Sau cuộc cãi vã, mọi thứ đã nguội đi. (After the argument, everything has cooled off.)