no
/nou/
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Definitions
- Adjective:
- Full, sated, satiated: The state where the physiological need for food and drink is completely satisfied.
- Saturated, full: The state where a specific need or capacity has been met to the fullest extent, unable to accept more.
- (Chemistry) Saturated: (Of a solution) unable to dissolve more solute; (Of an organic compound) containing no double or triple bonds and thus unable to combine with additional elements.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Tôi đã ăn no rồi. (I am already full.)
- Chiếc bình đã đầy no nước. (The vase is completely full of water.)
- Sau trận mưa, ruộng lúa no nước. (After the rain, the rice field is saturated with water.)
- Đây là một axit béo no. (This is a saturated fatty acid.)
Advanced Usage
- "no bụng đói con mắt": Literally "full stomach, hungry eyes". An idiom meaning one's eyes are bigger than one's stomach; wanting more than one can actually consume or handle.
- Đừng có no bụng đói con mắt, lấy nhiều quá ăn không hết đâu. (Don't let your eyes be bigger than your stomach; taking too much, you won't finish it.)
- "no nê": To one's heart's content, fully and satisfactorily.
- Hôm nay tôi được ngủ no nê. (Today I got to sleep to my heart's content.)
Variants and Related Words
- No đủ (adj): Fully satisfied, having enough (often regarding basic needs like food and clothing).
- Cuộc sống no đủ. (A life of plenty.)
- No say (adj): Completely full and satisfied (from eating and drinking).
- Bữa tiệc khiến mọi người no say. (The feast left everyone fully satiated.)
- Bão no (adj): Extremely full, stuffed.
- Chán no (adj): So full that one is sick of it.
Synonyms
- Đầy: Full (general state of being filled).
- Thỏa mãn: Satisfied (met a need or desire).
Antonyms
- Đói: Hungry.
- Khát: Thirsty.
- Đói khát: Hungry and thirsty.
- Thiếu: Lacking, deficient.