Definition

1. Verb:
   • To entreat / to plead: To ask someone earnestly or repeatedly for something, often in a humble or persistent manner.
   • To implore / to beseech: To beg someone urgently and fervently to do or grant something.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Phải năn nỉ mãi mới mượn được cuốn sách. (I had to entreat for a long time to be able to borrow the book.)
  • Đứa trẻ năn nỉ mẹ mua cho đồ chơi. (The child pleaded with his mother to buy him a toy.)
  • Cô ấy năn nỉ tôi giúp đỡ. (She implored me for help.)

Advanced Usage

• The verb "năn nỉ" often implies a repeated, patient, and sometimes emotional appeal. It is stronger than simply asking () and carries a connotation of persuasion in the face of initial reluctance.

Variants and Related Words

• Nài nỉ (v): A close synonym, also meaning to entreat or insistently plead.
  • Anh ấy nài nỉ tôi ở lại. (He entreated me to stay.)
• Khẩn khoản (v): To request earnestly and urgently; to appeal.
  • Cô ấy khẩn khoản xin tha thứ. (She earnestly begged for forgiveness.)

Synonyms

• Plead: To make an emotional appeal.
• Beg: To ask earnestly or humbly for something.
• Implore: To beg urgently or desperately.
• Persuade: To cause someone to do something through reasoning or earnest request (a related concept in the process of ).

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Năn nỉ ỉ ôi: To whine and plead persistently (often used for children).
  • Đừng có năn nỉ ỉ ôi nữa! (Stop whining and pleading!)
• Năn nỉ van xin: To beg and supplicate desperately.
  • Hắn năn nỉ van xin được tha thứ. (He desperately begged to be forgiven.)

1. Entreat
   • Phải năn nỉ mãi mới mượn được cuốn sách
     To be able to borrow a book after much entreating (many entreaties)