Definition

1. Verb:
   • To beg or to plead: To ask someone earnestly or desperately for something, often repeatedly.
   • To insist or to urge persistently: To continue asking or persuading someone firmly and patiently to do or accept something.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Đứa trẻ nài nỉ mẹ mua cho đồ chơi. (The child begged his mother to buy him a toy.)
  • Cô ấy nài nỉ tôi ở lại thêm vài ngày. (She insisted that I stay a few more days.)
  • Anh ấy nài nỉ tôi chấp nhận lời đề nghị. (He urged me persistently to accept the offer.)

Advanced Usage

• The verb often implies a gentle, patient, but unrelenting pressure, more than a single forceful demand. It conveys a tone of earnest supplication.

Variants and Related Words

• Nài (v): A shorter, sometimes slightly stronger form meaning to insist or press for something.
  • Tôi nài anh ấy uống thêm một ly. (I insisted he drink one more glass.)
• Van nài (v): To beseech; to implore desperately. This is more intense than "nài nỉ."
  • Họ van nài kẻ bắt cóc thả con họ ra. (They beseeched the kidnapper to release their child.)

Synonyms

• Beg: To ask earnestly or humbly for something.
• Plead: To make an emotional appeal.
• Urge: To try earnestly or persistently to persuade.
• Implore: To beg desperately.

Related Idioms

• Năn nỉ ỉ ôi: To whine and beg incessantly (often used for children).
  • Đừng có năn nỉ ỉ ôi nữa! (Stop whining and begging!)

verb

1. to beg; to insist; to adjure