nôn

Thân thiện

Một em bé bị say tàu xe và nôn ra ngoài cửa sổ.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To vomit, to throw up: The primary meaning of "nôn" is to forcefully expel the contents of the stomach through the mouth.
   • (Dialectal) To be bursting, to be impatient: Used to express a strong, impatient desire to do something.
   • (Dialectal) To feel tickled: To experience a tingling or ticklish sensation, often causing a desire to laugh.

Usage Examples

• Verb (To vomit):
  • Em bé bị say xe và nôn trên đường. (The child got carsick and vomited on the way.)
  • Cảm giác buồn nôn xuất hiện trước khi cô ấy nôn. (A feeling of nausea appeared before she threw up.)
• Verb (To be impatient):
  • Các học sinh nôn về nhà sau giờ học. (The students were bursting to go home after school.)
• Verb (To feel tickled):
  • Anh ấy cười lớn khi tôi cù vào hông làm anh ấy nôn. (He laughed loudly when I tickled his side, making him feel tickled.)

Advanced Usage

• "nôn nao": To feel anxious, restless, or have "butterflies in one's stomach". This is a distinct compound word.
  • Cô ấy cảm thấy nôn nao trước buổi phỏng vấn. (She felt anxious before the interview.)
• "buồn nôn": To feel nauseous, to feel like vomiting.
  • Mùi đó khiến tôi buồn nôn. (That smell makes me nauseous.)

Variants and Related Words

• Mửa (verb): A synonym for "nôn" meaning to vomit. Often used interchangeably or in the compound "nôn mửa".
• Chất nôn / Đồ nôn (noun): Vomit, vomitus.
  • Hãy dọn sạch chất nôn trên sàn. (Please clean up the vomit on the floor.)
• Chống nôn (adjective/verb): Anti-emetic; to prevent vomiting.
  • Bác sĩ kê đơn thuốc chống nôn. (The doctor prescribed anti-emetic medicine.)
• Gây nôn (verb): To induce vomiting, emetic.
  • Một số chất độc yêu cầu phải gây nôn ngay lập tức. (Some poisons require immediately inducing vomiting.)

Synonyms

• Ọe (verb): To retch, to gag (often implies the sound or effort of vomiting).
• Tháo (verb, in medical context): To purge, to empty (used in specific contexts like food poisoning).

Related Phrases / Compound Words

• Nôn ra máu (verb phrase): To vomit blood (hematemesis).
  • Bệnh nhân phải nhập viện vì nôn ra máu. (The patient was hospitalized for vomiting blood.)
• Nôn mửa (verb): To vomit (emphasizing the act).
  • Cơn đau bụng dữ dội khiến anh ấy nôn mửa. (The severe stomach ache caused him to vomit.)
• Cù cho nôn (verb phrase): To tickle someone until they feel tickled/squirm.
  • Trẻ con thích được cù cho nôn. (Children like being tickled until they squirm.)

Idioms / Figurative Use

• Nôn nóng (adjective): To be hot-headed, impatient, restless. This is a fixed idiom.
  • Đừng nôn nóng, mọi việc cần có thời gian. (Don't be so impatient; everything takes time.)
• Nôn tiết (verb, figurative): To be extremely angry, to the point of feeling like vomiting blood (strong expression).
  • Nghe tin đó, ông ấy tức đến nôn tiết. (Hearing that news, he was furious to the extreme.)

Học thuật

1. cũng nói mửa Vomit, throw up.
2. (địa phương) Be bursting tọ
   • Nôn về
     To be bursting to go home.
3. (địa phương) Feel tickled