nhòm
Definition
- Verb:
- To peep, to peek: To look quickly or secretly through a small opening or from a hidden place.
- To spy, to look furtively: To look at something or someone in a secretive, often intrusive, manner.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Đứa trẻ nhòm qua khe cửa để xem bên trong có gì. (The child peeped through the door crack to see what was inside.)
- Hắn ta thích nhòm vào nhà hàng xóm. (He likes to peek into the neighbor's house.)
- Cô ấy nhòm trộm bài kiểm tra của bạn. (She sneaked a peek at her friend's test.)
Advanced Usage
- "nhòm ngó": To look around furtively or with curiosity, often implying nosiness.
- Anh ta cứ nhòm ngó xung quanh, trông rất đáng ngờ. (He kept looking around furtively, which seemed very suspicious.)
- "mũi nhòm mồm" (idiomatic): Describes a facial feature where the nose protrudes over the mouth. This is a specific, somewhat dated descriptive phrase.
- Ông ấy có tướng mũi nhòm mồm. (He has the feature of a protruding nose.)
Variants and Related Words
- Nhòm ngó (verb phrase): To peer around, to snoop.
- Dòm ngó (verb, Southern Vietnamese variant): A synonym for "nhòm ngó," meaning to look stealthily or with ill intent.
Synonyms
- Ngó: To glance, to look (can be neutral or casual, less secretive than "nhòm").
- Liếc: To glance, to peek (a quick look, can be secretive or coquettish).
- Rình mò: To spy, to stalk (implies a stronger intention of secret observation, often for a longer duration).
Related Phrases
- Nhòm lén: To peek stealthily, to spy.
- Tôi bắt gặp nó đang nhòm lén qua cửa sổ. (I caught him peeking stealthily through the window.)
Related Idioms
- Nhòm nhà ngó cửa: To be nosy about other people's houses and affairs; to be a busybody.
- Bà ấy suốt ngày nhòm nhà ngó cửa, chẳng lo việc của mình. (She spends all day snooping on other people's business and doesn't mind her own.)
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Peep
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Nhòm qua khe cửaTo peep through a gap of the door
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