ngậu
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Definition
- Adjective (Tính từ):
- Noisy, chaotic, in an uproar: Describes a state of noisy commotion, disorder, or a fuss being raised, often due to anger or frustration.
- Agitated, worked up: Refers to a person being in a state of excited, noisy agitation.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Anh ấy mất ví nên ngậu cả lên. (He lost his wallet so he kicked up a huge fuss.)
- Đừng có ngậu lên như thế, bình tĩnh nào! (Don't get so worked up like that, calm down!)
- Cả phòng họp ngậu lên vì tranh cãi. (The whole meeting room became chaotic due to arguments.)
Advanced Usage
- "gắt ngậu": To become angrily agitated or to raise a fuss with angry words. This is a common collocation.
- Nghe tin đó, ông ấy gắt ngậu với nhân viên. (Upon hearing that news, he raised an angry fuss with the staff.)
- "ngậu xị": A variant with the same meaning as "ngậu", emphasizing a noisy, disorderly state.
- Mọi chuyện ngậu xị cả lên sau vụ đó. (Everything became a noisy mess after that incident.)
Variants and Related Words
- Ngậu xị (ph.): A synonymous phrase with "ngậu", meaning to be in a noisy, disorderly, or agitated state.
- Ồn ào (adj): Noisy, loud. (A more standard synonym, less colloquial than "ngậu").
- Hỗn loạn (adj): Chaotic, disorderly. (Describes a more severe state of disorder).
Synonyms
- Lộn xộn: Messy, disordered.
- Cáu kỉnh: Irritable, grumpy (focuses more on the irritable mood than the noisy result).
- Làm ầm ĩ: To make a racket, to be noisy.
Notes on Usage
- Register: This is a colloquial word (thông tục), commonly used in spoken Vietnamese. It is informal.
- Connotation: The word often carries a negative connotation, describing an undesirable, noisy, and agitated situation or reaction. It implies a lack of control and calmness.
- Common Collocations: Most frequently used with "lên" (ngậu lên) to indicate the action of becoming agitated, or with "gắt" (gắt ngậu) to specify angry agitation.
- (thông tục) cũng như ngậu xị Raise a fuus, kick up a fuus
- Gắt ngậu lênTo kich up a fuss with angry words