nheo nhéo
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Definition
- Adjective/Adverb (descriptive):
- Describes a voice or sound that is stridently and insistently shrill, whiny, or grating. It implies a high-pitched, unpleasant, and persistent noise, often associated with complaining, demanding, or nagging in an irritating manner.
Usage Examples
- Adjective/Adverb:
- Bọn trẻ nheo nhéo đòi mua đồ chơi. (The children whined stridently, demanding to buy toys.)
- Tiếng nheo nhéo từ phòng bên cạnh làm tôi mất tập trung. (The shrill, insistent noise from the next room broke my concentration.)
- Cô ấy cứ nheo nhéo kể về những vấn đề của mình. (She kept on whining insistently about her problems.)
Advanced Usage
- Often used to describe the manner of speaking, especially when someone is being petulant, unreasonably demanding, or nagging in a high-pitched voice.
- Anh ta bị dừng xe và bắt đầu nheo nhéo tranh cãi với cảnh sát. (He was pulled over and began to argue with the police in a shrill, whining voice.)
Variants and Related Words
- Nhéo (v): to pinch. (Note: While "nhéo" means to pinch, "nheo nhéo" is a reduplicative form with a distinct meaning related to sound.)
- Nheo (adj, in "mắt nheo"): squinting (eyes). This is a separate, homophonous word.
Synonyms
- Whine: to complain in a feeble or petulant way.
- Shrill: (of a voice or sound) high-pitched and piercing.
- Nag: to annoy or irritate with persistent fault-finding or continuous demands.
- Grating: sounding harsh and unpleasant.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Nheo nhéo đòi nợ: to dun someone by calling to them stridently and insistently. This is a common collocation illustrating the core meaning.
- Chủ nợ đứng trước cổng nheo nhéo đòi nợ. (The creditor stood in front of the gate, dunning stridently for the debt.)
- Call stridently and insistently
- Nheo nhéo đòi nợTo dun someone by calling to him stridently and insistently