ngóng chờ
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Definition
- Verb:
- To wait eagerly/expectantly, to look forward to with anticipation: "ngóng chờ" describes the action of waiting for someone or something with a strong sense of hope, longing, and impatience. It implies an active, attentive, and often anxious state of waiting.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Cô ấy ngóng chờ tin tức từ người thân ở nước ngoài. (She is eagerly awaiting news from her relatives abroad.)
- Đứa trẻ ngóng chờ món quà từ bố mẹ. (The child is looking forward expectantly to the gift from his parents.)
- Cả gia đình ngóng chờ ngày đoàn tụ. (The whole family is waiting with longing for the reunion day.)
Advanced Usage
"ngóng chờ trong hồi hộp": to wait with bated breath, in suspense.
- Khán giả ngóng chờ trong hồi hộp kết quả chung kết. (The audience waits with bated breath for the final result.)
"ngóng chờ một cách vô vọng": to wait hopelessly, to wait in vain.
- Anh ấy vẫn ngóng chờ một cách vô vọng sự tha thứ của cô. (He is still waiting hopelessly for her forgiveness.)
Variants and Related Words
Ngóng trông (verb): A synonym with the same meaning as "ngóng chờ".
- Người mẹ ngóng trông đứa con đi xa trở về. (The mother looks out longingly for her child who went far away to return.)
Trông chờ (verb): To hope for, to rely on. This word emphasizes hope and reliance more than the active, anxious waiting of "ngóng chờ".
- Chúng tôi trông chờ vào sự giúp đỡ của cộng đồng. (We are hoping for help from the community.)
Mong chờ (verb): To hope for, to look forward to. This word emphasizes hope and desire.
- Tôi mong chờ một tương lai tươi sáng. (I look forward to a bright future.)
Synonyms
- Chờ đợi: to wait. (A more general, neutral term for waiting.)
- Mong ngóng: to long for, to look forward to. (Similar to "ngóng chờ" but can sound slightly more literary.)
Related Phrases
Ngóng tin: to await news anxiously.
- Gia đình ngóng tin người đi biển. (The family anxiously awaits news of the seafarer.)
Ngóng về: to look longingly toward (a direction or person).
- Bà lão ngóng về phía con đường, nơi đứa cháu sẽ về. (The old woman looks longingly toward the road where her grandchild will return from.)
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