Definition

1. Verb:
   • To play away one's time, to frolic, to idle about: "nhởn" describes the action of playing, frolicking, or spending time idly without doing any serious work. It often carries a connotation of carefree leisure or playful idleness, sometimes after completing a basic task like eating.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Ăn rồi lại nhởn. (To eat then to play away one's time / To eat then to frolic.)
  • Bọn trẻ cứ nhởn cả ngày ở ngoài vườn. (The children just frolic all day in the garden.)
  • Công việc chẳng làm, suốt ngày chỉ biết nhởn. (He doesn't do any work, all day he just idles about.)

Advanced Usage

• "nhởn nhơ": This is a common reduplicative form that emphasizes a state of leisurely, carefree, and often idle enjoyment.
  • Nó nhởn nhơ đi dạo trong công viên. (He leisurely strolls in the park / He idly strolls in the park.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nhởn nhơ (verb, reduplicative form): To be at leisure, to idle about, to enjoy oneself carefreely.
  • Sau giờ làm, anh ấy thích nhởn nhơ đọc sách. (After work, he likes to leisurely read books.)

Synonyms

• Chơi: To play. (More general and neutral.)
• Giỡn: To joke around, to play in a teasing manner.
• Rong chơi: To wander about for pleasure, to gad about.
• Lông bông: To loaf about, to be idle. (Can have a slightly more negative connotation.)

Notes on Usage

• Register: "Nhởn" is marked as a dialectal or colloquial word (). It is commonly used in everyday Northern Vietnamese speech but may sound informal.
• Connotation: While it simply means "to play idly," it can sometimes imply a slight criticism for not being productive, depending on the context. The reduplicative form "nhởn nhơ" often has a more positive or neutral connotation of relaxed enjoyment.

1. (địa phương) Play away one's time
   • ăn rồi lại nhởn
     To eat then to play one's time