Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Steaming hot, boiling hot: Used to describe food, drinks, or objects that are at a very high temperature, having just been cooked or heated.
   • Red-hot, urgent, fresh: Used figuratively to describe news, information, or situations that are very recent, urgent, or causing intense excitement.

2. Adjective (colloquial):

   • Agitated, irritated, hot under the collar: Describes a state of feeling frustrated, impatient, or physically uncomfortable due to annoyance or anger.

Usage Examples

• Adjective (Temperature):
  • Thức ăn nóng sốt. (The food is steaming hot.)
• Adjective (News/Information):
  • Tin nóng sốt. (Red-hot news.)
• Adjective (Emotional State):
  • Chờ đợi lâu quá, thấy nóng sốt trong người. (Waiting for so long makes me feel agitated.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in media headlines to emphasize the immediacy and importance of a news story.
• It can describe a tense or heated atmosphere in a discussion or competition.

Variants and Related Words

• Nóng (adj): Hot (in temperature or temper).
• Sốt (adj/n): Fever; or colloquially, to be eager/excited about something (e.g., - eager).
• Nóng hổi (adj): Very hot and fresh (often for food), piping hot.

Synonyms

• Steaming hot: For temperature.
• Fresh off the press, breaking news: For information.
• Agitated, irritated: For emotional state.

Related Idioms

• Nóng sốt ruột: To be restless with impatience or worry.
  • Anh ấy nóng sốt ruột chờ kết quả. (He is anxiously waiting for the results.)

1. Steaming hot, boiling hot
   • Thức ăn nóng sốt
     Boiling hot food
2. Hot, red-hot
   • Tin nóng sốt
     Red-hot news (information)