nã

Thân thiện

Công an nã kẻ gian.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To hunt for; to track down; to pursue: To actively search for someone, typically with the intent to capture or apprehend.
   • To fire at; to bombard: To aim and shoot a weapon, such as a gun or cannon, at a target.
   • To squeeze; to press for; to extort: To persistently demand or pressure someone to give something, especially money.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cảnh sát đang nã tên tội phạm. (The police are hunting for the criminal.)
  • Quân đội nã pháo vào vị trí địch. (The army bombarded the enemy position.)
  • Nó cứ nã tiền bố mẹ suốt ngày. (He keeps squeezing money from his parents all day.)

Advanced Usage

• "tầm nã": to track down, to hunt for (a fugitive).

  • Lệnh tầm nã được phát ra trên toàn quốc. (A nationwide arrest warrant was issued to track him down.)

• "nã đại bác": to fire cannons at.

  • Tàu chiến bắt đầu nã đại bác. (The warship began firing its cannons.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nã súng (v): to fire guns at.

  • Chúng nã súng vào mục tiêu di động. (They fired their guns at the moving target.)

• Nã đạn (v): to fire bullets; to shoot rounds.

  • Súng máy nã đạn liên tục. (The machine gun fired bullets continuously.)

Synonyms

• Pursue: to follow in order to catch.
• Bombard: to attack continuously with artillery.
• Extort: to obtain something by force or threat.

Related Idioms

• Nã như tên bắn: to press or demand something urgently and incessantly.
  • Anh chàng nã như tên bắn để tôi đưa tiền. (The guy pressed me incessantly to give him money.)

Học thuật

verb

1. to hunt for
   • tầm nã
     to track down. to fire at
   • nã đại bác
     to fire at with guns. to squeeze
   • nã tiền ai
     to squeeze money from somebody