nhói

Thân thiện

Cô ấy cảm thấy nhói ở đầu ngón tay khi chạm vào cái gai.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To sting / to throb with a sharp, sudden pain: Refers to a brief, intense, and piercing sensation, often localized, as if caused by a needle prick, sting, or sudden internal twinge.
   • To twinge: Describes a sudden, short-lived pang of pain or emotion.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Anh ấy cảm thấy nhói ở tim. (He felt a twinge in his heart.)
  • Tôi bị đau nhói ở lưng khi cúi xuống. (I felt a sharp pain in my back when I bent down.)
  • Cái gai làm nhói đầu ngón tay cô ấy. (The thorn made her fingertip sting.)

Advanced Usage

• "nhoi nhói" (reduplicative form, indicating a diminished or recurring sensation): to ache with a mild, persistent twinge.
  • Vết thương cũ thi thoảng lại nhoi nhói. (The old wound occasionally aches with a dull twinge.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đau nhói (phrase): to have a stabbing/sharp pain. This is the most common collocation.
  • Cơn đau nhói xuất hiện đột ngột. (The stabbing pain appeared suddenly.)

Synonyms

• Sting: to cause or feel a sharp, smarting pain.
• Twinge: a sudden, sharp, localized pain or emotional pang.
• Prick: to cause a slight, sharp pain by piercing.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Nhói lòng: to feel a pang in one's heart (often emotional).
  • Nghe tin ấy, bà ấy nhói lòng. (Hearing that news, she felt a pang in her heart.)
• Đau nhói tim: a heart-wrenching pain (can be physical or emotional).
  • Sự phản bội khiến anh ấy đau nhói tim. (The betrayal gave him a heart-wrenching pain.)

Học thuật

1. Feeling stinging pain
   • Bị gai châm đau nhói
     To feel a stinging pain when pierced by a thorn
   • nhoi nhói (láy, ý giảm)
     Somewhat stinging
   • Nhoi nhói ở mạng mỡ
     To feel a somewhat stinging pain in one's side