ngây ngấy
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Slightly feverish, having a mild fever: Describes the state of feeling a low-grade fever or a slight increase in body temperature, often as an early symptom of illness.
- Slightly warm/unpleasant sensation: Can describe a vague, slightly uncomfortable warm feeling on the skin or in the body.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Tôi thấy trong người hơi ngây ngấy, chắc là sắp bị cảm. (I feel slightly feverish, I must be coming down with a cold.)
- Sau khi tắm nước lạnh, anh ấy run lên và cảm thấy người ngây ngấy. (After a cold shower, he shivered and felt a slight fever.)
- Trời trở gió, nhiều người bắt đầu thấy ngây ngấy sốt. (The weather changed, and many people started to feel a bit feverish.)
Advanced Usage
- "Người ngây ngấy": This is a very common collocation meaning "one's body feels slightly feverish."
- Sáng dậy thấy người ngây ngấy, tôi quyết định nghỉ làm. (Waking up feeling feverish, I decided to take a day off work.)
Variants and Related Words
- Ngấy (adj): This is the root word. It primarily means "cloying" or "sickly sweet/oily" when describing taste (e.g., - the cake is too sweet, it feels cloying). In the context of health, it can also mean feeling unwell or feverish, though it's less common alone than the reduplicative form "ngây ngấy."
- Sốt (n/v): Fever; to have a fever. "Ngây ngấy" implies a milder state than "sốt."
- Âm ấm (adj): Warm (pleasant). "Ngây ngấy" implies an unpleasant, sickly warmth.
Synonyms
- Hơi sốt: Having a slight fever. (This is the direct synonym given in the reference definition.)
- Âm ấm sốt: Warm with fever (descriptive).
- Nóng nực trong người: Feeling hot inside the body.
Notes on Meaning
- Primary Meaning (Health): The primary and most common usage of "ngây ngấy" is in a medical/health context to describe the initial, mild sensation of a fever. It is a reduplicative word (từ láy) that softens the meaning of "ngấy."
- Other Potential Usages: While the core meaning relates to fever, by extension, it can sometimes be used metaphorically to describe a vague, uncomfortable warm sensation, such as from mild sunburn or embarrassment, though this is less frequent. The reference context strongly emphasizes the "slight fever" meaning.
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