Definition

1. Adjective/Verb phrase:
   • Homesick; to miss one's home/family: A state of sadness, longing, or emotional distress caused by being away from one's home, family, or familiar environment for an extended period. It describes the feeling of missing home.

Usage Examples

• As a state/feeling (often used with 'bị', 'cảm thấy', 'rất'):
  • Sinh viên năm nhất thường rất nhớ nhà. (First-year students are often very homesick.)
  • Đi công tác dài ngày, anh ấy cảm thấy nhớ nhà. (Being on a long business trip, he feels homesick.)
• Describing the action of missing home:
  • Tôi nhớ nhà đến nỗi không tập trung làm việc được. (I miss home so much that I can't concentrate on my work.)

Advanced Usage

• "Nỗi nhớ nhà": The noun form meaning "homesickness," the feeling itself.
  • Cô ấy cố gắng vượt qua nỗi nhớ nhà bằng cách gọi điện về mỗi ngày. (She tries to overcome homesickness by calling home every day.)
• "Nhớ nhà da diết" / "Nhớ nhà khôn nguôi": To miss home intensely/ceaselessly.
  • Những ngày đầu xa gia đình, cậu bé nhớ nhà da diết. (In the first days away from family, the boy missed home intensely.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nhớ (v): To miss, to remember. The core verb meaning "to miss" or "to recall."
• Luyến tiếc (v): To feel nostalgic or regretful about something in the past. While it can overlap with missing something, it is broader and not specific to home.
• Hoài niệm (v/n): To reminisce, nostalgia. A more literary term for thinking fondly about the past.

Synonyms

• Thương nhớ (v): To miss dearly, to long for (can be used for people or places, including home).
• Mong nhớ (v): To yearn for, to long for.

Related Idioms/Phrases

• "Nhớ nhung": A poetic or emotional way to say "to miss" or "to long for," often used for a person but can be extended to a place.
  • Anh ấy đầy nhớ nhung về quê hương. (He is full of longing for his homeland.)

1. homesick; to be sick for home