nhoè
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
Adjective:
- Blurred, smeared: Describes something, typically a line, image, or text, that is not sharp or clear because its edges or details have run, spread, or become indistinct.
- Dim, hazy: Describes vision or a light source that is unclear, unfocused, or obscured, often due to tears, fog, or distance.
Verb (used with "bị", "làm cho"):
- To become blurred/smeared: To undergo the process of losing clarity or sharpness.
- To blur, to smear: To cause something to lose its clarity or sharpness.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- Chữ viết bị nhoè vì giấy ướt. (The writing is blurred because the paper is wet.)
- Mắt cô ấy nhoè đi vì nước mắt. (Her eyes became blurry with tears.)
- Ánh đèn pha nhoè trong làn mưa. (The headlights were hazy in the rain.)
Verb:
- Nước làm nhoè mực. (Water smears the ink.)
- Đừng dụi mắt, bạn sẽ làm nhoè kính áp tròng. (Don't rub your eyes, you'll blur your contact lenses.)
Advanced Usage
- "nhoè nhoẹt": An emphatic, often negative, reduplicative form meaning "smeared all over", "messily blurred", or "a complete blur". It emphasizes a dirty, untidy, or excessive state of blurring.
- Tranh vẽ của đứa trẻ nhoè nhoẹt màu nước. (The child's painting is smeared all over with watercolors.)
- Chữ ký nhoè nhoẹt, không đọc được. (The signature is a complete, messy blur and is unreadable.)
Variants and Related Words
- Nhòe: This is a common variant spelling of "nhoè". The meanings and usage are identical.
- Hàng chữ nhòe đi trong màn sương. (The line of text blurred in the fog.)
- Làm nhòe / Làm nhoè: A verb phrase meaning "to cause to blur".
- Hơi nước làm nhòe gương. (The steam fogs/blurs the mirror.)
Synonyms
- Mờ (adj): Dim, faint, unclear. ("Mờ" can refer to light, sound, memory, or images, while "nhoè" often implies a running or spreading of lines/edges.)
- Lóa (adj/v): Glared, dazzled. (Refers to vision impaired by excessive light, not by spreading lines or tears.)
Related Phrases
- Nhoè mắt: (For one's eyes) to become blurry.
- Tôi đọc lâu quá nên nhoè mắt. (I read for too long so my eyes got blurry.)
- Chữ nhoè: Blurred text/letters.
- Tài liệu photo chất lượng kém, chữ nhoè hết. (The photocopied document is of poor quality; the text is all blurred.)
Related Idioms
- Nhoè nhoẹt như mực đổ: (As smeared as spilled ink) – Used to describe something that is an illegible, messy blur.
- Chữ viết tay của anh ấy nhoè nhoẹt như mực đổ. (His handwriting is a smeared mess, like spilled ink.)
- Blur
- Giấy ẩm viết nhòeOne's writing blurs on wet paper
- nhòe nhoẹtTo dirtily blur, to smear all over
- Đánh rơi nước chè vào nhòe nhoẹt cả trang giấy mới viếtTo Smear all over a newly-written page with spilt tea