Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Satiated, full to satisfaction: "no nê" describes the state of having eaten enough to feel completely satisfied and content, often implying a sense of pleasure or indulgence in the meal.
   • Replete, sated: It can also convey a more general sense of being fully satisfied or having had one's fill, not necessarily limited to food.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Sau bữa tiệc, mọi người đều cảm thấy no nê và hài lòng. (After the feast, everyone felt satiated and content.)
  • Chúng tôi đã ăn món bò bít tết một cách no nê. (We ate the steak to satiety.)
  • Anh ấy đọc sách no nê cả buổi chiều. (He read books to his heart's content all afternoon.)

Advanced Usage

• "Ăn uống no nê": To eat and drink to one's heart's content, to have a hearty meal.

  • Dịp lễ Tết là lúc gia đình sum vầy ăn uống no nê. (Holidays like Tet are when families gather and eat to their heart's content.)

• "Thỏa mãn no nê": To be fully gratified or satisfied (e.g., with an experience).

  • Buổi hòa nhạc đã cho khán giả sự thỏa mãn no nê về âm nhạc. (The concert gave the audience full musical gratification.)

Variants and Related Words

• No (adj): Full (from eating). This is the core, more common word for being full.

  • Tôi no rồi. (I am full.)

• Ngấy (adj): Cloyed, sickly full. This describes an unpleasant feeling of having eaten too much rich food.

  • Ăn nhiều đồ ngọt quá tôi thấy ngấy. (I ate too many sweets and feel cloyed.)

Synonyms

• Thỏa thích: To one's heart's content, with great satisfaction.
• Đã đời (colloquial): Fully, sufficiently (often used for satisfying a desire).

Related Phrases

• "Ăn cho no nê": To eat until fully satiated.
  • Hãy cứ ăn cho no nê đi. (Go ahead and eat until you are fully satiated.)

Related Idioms

• "No nê như ăn cỗ": As full/satiated as if one had attended a feast. This idiom emphasizes a state of great satisfaction from eating.
  • Bữa tối hôm qua ngon tuyệt, tôi no nê như ăn cỗ. (Last night's dinner was delicious, I was as full as if I had attended a feast.)

1. To satiety
   • Ăn no nê
     To eat to satiety