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Definition
- Verb:
- To suspect; to doubt: To have a feeling that something might be true or false, or that someone might be guilty of something, but without being certain or having full proof.
- To think/believe (in a doubtful or unexpected context): To hold a thought or belief, often used to express surprise when something turns out differently than what was initially thought.
Usage Examples
Verb (to suspect/doubt):
- Tôi ngờ anh ấy không nói sự thật. (I suspect he is not telling the truth.)
- Cô ấy ngờ tấm vé số này là giả. (She doubts this lottery ticket is real.)
- Những con số trong báo cáo đó rất đáng ngờ. (The figures in that report are very suspicious/doubtful.)
Verb (to think/believe - in a surprised context):
- Ai ngờ trời lại mưa to thế! (Who would have thought it would rain so heavily!)
- Không ngờ cô ấy lại là chị của anh ta. (I didn't expect/believe she was his sister.)
Advanced Usage
- "không thể ngờ được": Unfathomable; beyond doubt/suspicion (often used to express that something is so certain or so surprising that it defies suspicion or expectation).
- Kết quả tốt đến mức không thể ngờ được. (The result was so good it was unbelievable/unfathomable.)
- "đáng ngờ": Suspicious; doubtful; worthy of suspicion.
- Hành động của người đàn ông đó trông rất đáng ngờ. (That man's actions look very suspicious.)
- "hoài ngờ": To be persistently doubtful; to harbor constant suspicion (a more literary variant).
- Anh ta luôn hoài ngờ về mọi ý kiến của người khác. (He is always suspicious of other people's opinions.)
Variants and Related Words
- Nghi ngờ (verb): To doubt; to suspect (stronger and more common than "ngờ").
- Cảnh sát nghi ngờ hắn là tội phạm. (The police suspect he is the criminal.)
- Ngờ vực (verb): To distrust; to be skeptical.
- Cô ấy ngờ vực lời hứa của anh ta. (She distrusts his promise.)
- Hồ nghi (verb): To have misgivings; to be uncertain (more formal/literary).
- Tôi vẫn còn hồ nghi về tính khả thi của dự án. (I still have misgivings about the project's feasibility.)
Synonyms
- Nghi (verb): To suspect (often used in compounds like "nghi ngờ").
- Hoài nghi (verb): To doubt; to be skeptical.
- Không tin (verb phrase): To not believe.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Ngờ đâu: Who would have thought; little did one know (used to introduce a surprising or unexpected fact).
- Ngờ đâu người bạn thân nhất lại phản bội tôi. (Little did I know my best friend would betray me.)
- Ngờ rằng: To suspect/believe that (introduces a clause).
- Tôi ngờ rằng họ đã rời đi từ sáng. (I suspect that they left in the morning.)
Related Idioms
- Mặt ngờ mặt ngợ: To look bewildered, confused, or suspicious (describes a facial expression of doubt or surprise).
- Nghe tin đó, anh ta đứng mặt ngờ mặt ngợ. (Upon hearing the news, he stood there looking utterly bewildered.)
- Đừng ngờ mặt mà bắt hình dong: Don't judge a book by its cover (literally: Don't suspect the face to catch the shape/form).
- Cô ấy trông có vẻ nghiêm khắc, nhưng đừng ngờ mặt mà bắt hình dong, cô ấy rất tốt bụng. (She looks strict, but don't judge a book by its cover, she is very kind.)
verb
- to suspect; to doubt
- không thể ngờ đượcbeyond doubt