Definition

1. Adjective:
   • To be eager / impatient: The primary meaning of "nôn nóng" is a state of restless eagerness or impatience, often due to a strong desire for something to happen or to know something.
   • To be overhasty / rash: It can also describe a state of undue haste or rashness, where a lack of patience leads to premature or poorly considered actions.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cậu ấy rất nôn nóng muốn biết kết quả thi. (He is very eager to know his exam results.)
  • Đừng nôn nóng, mọi việc cần có thời gian. (Don't be impatient; everything needs time.)
  • Vì nôn nóng mà anh ấy đã đưa ra quyết định sai lầm. (Because he was overhasty, he made a wrong decision.)

Advanced Usage

• "nôn nóng chờ đợi": to wait impatiently.
  • Cả gia đình nôn nóng chờ đợi tin tức từ bác sĩ. (The whole family waited impatiently for news from the doctor.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sốt ruột (adj): a close synonym meaning "impatient" or "antsy," often used interchangeably in casual contexts.
  • Tôi sốt ruột chờ thư phản hồi. (I am antsy waiting for the reply letter.)

Synonyms

• Impatient: having or showing a tendency to be quickly irritated or eager.
• Eager: strongly wanting to do or have something.
• Overhasty: acting or done with excessive or careless speed.
• Restless: unable to rest or relax due to anxiety or boredom.

Related Idioms

• Nóng lòng: to be anxious or eager (similar in feeling to "nôn nóng").

  • Ai cũng nóng lòng muốn xem buổi biểu diễn. (Everyone is anxious to see the performance.)

• Nôn nao: to feel anxious or have butterflies (often related to nervous anticipation, which can overlap with the emotional state of "nôn nóng").

  • Cô ấy nôn nao chờ ngày phỏng vấn. (She felt anxious waiting for the interview day.)

1. Be eager to, be bursting tọ
   • Nôn nóng muốn biết kết quả thi
     To be bursting to know the results of one's examinations
2. Overhasty
   • Vì nôn óng mà hỏng việc
     To be unsuccessful because of overhastiness, to go off at half cock