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Mẹ mua một cái nồi nhỡ để nấu canh.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Medium-sized: Describes an object, animal, or person that is neither large nor small, but of an intermediate size.

2. Verb:

   • To miss: To fail to catch, meet, experience, or do something at the intended or proper time.
   • To slip (with a body part): To make an accidental, often clumsy, movement resulting in an unintended action, such as saying something or dropping something.

3. Adverb/Conjunction:

   • In case / lest: Used to express precaution, meaning "for the event that" or "to avoid the risk of" something happening.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Cái nồi nhỡ. (A medium-sized pot.)
  • Con gà nhờ nhỡ. (A medium-sized chicken.)

• Verb:

  • Tôi nhỡ chuyến xe lửa. (I missed the train.)
  • Anh ấy nhỡ hẹn. (He missed the appointment.)
  • Cô ấy nhỡ miệng nói ra bí mật. (She made a slip of the tongue and revealed the secret.)
  • Tôi nhỡ tay làm đổ ly nước. (I was clumsy and knocked over the glass of water.)

• Adverb/Conjunction:

  • Mang theo ô, nhỡ trời mưa. (Bring an umbrella, in case it rains.)

Advanced Usage

• The verb form often conveys a sense of regret or accident related to missing a timing or making an unintended error.
• As an adjective, it is commonly used to specify size in a neutral, descriptive way.

Variants and Related Words

• Lỡ (verb): A very close synonym, often used interchangeably with in the verb sense of "to miss" or "to err." Example: (to miss an appointment).
• Nhờ nhỡ (reduplicative adjective): Emphasizes the medium, middling size of something.

Synonyms

• Adjective: Medium, mid-sized, moderate.
• Verb: To miss, to fail to catch, to blunder, to slip up.
• Adverb: In case, lest, just in case.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Nhỡ dịp: To miss an opportunity or chance.
  • Tôi tiếc vì đã nhỡ dịp đó. (I regret missing that opportunity.)
• Nhỡ nhời: A variant of , meaning to make a verbal slip.
  • Anh ấy nhỡ nhời, làm mọi người ngạc nhiên. (He made a slip of the tongue, surprising everyone.)

Học thuật

adj

1. Of medium size, medium-sized
   • Cái nồi nhỡ
     A medium-size pot
2. nhờ nhỡ (láy)
   • Con gà nhờ nhỡ
     A medium-size chicken

verb

1. To miss
   • nhỡ chuyến xe lửa
     To miss one's train
   • Nhỡ dịp
     To miss an opportunity
   • Nhỡ hẹn
     To miss an appointment
   • Nhỡ miệng ; nhỡ nhời
     To make a slip of the tongue
   • Nhỡ tay
     To be clumsy with one's hands
2. như lỡ