nặng hơi

Thân thiện

Sau khi ăn tỏi, hơi thở của cô ấy thường nặng hơi.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having strong or heavy breath: Describes a person whose breath is noticeably strong, often in an unpleasant way. This can be due to health, dietary, or oral hygiene factors.
   • Having bad breath: A more direct and common interpretation, meaning to have halitosis or breath that smells bad.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ấy hơi nặng hơi sau khi ăn tỏi. (He has strong breath after eating garlic.)
  • Cô ấy lo lắng mình bị nặng hơi nên luôn mang theo kẹo bạc hà. (She worries she has bad breath so she always carries mints.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is often used in a descriptive or euphemistic way to talk about bad breath without being overly direct or harsh. It can imply the breath has a noticeable weight or presence.

Variants and Related Words

• Hôi miệng (n): The more direct and clinical term for "halitosis" or "bad breath."
  • "Nặng hơi" is often used interchangeably with "hôi miệng," though "nặng hơi" can sound slightly less blunt.
• Thở ra hơi nặng: A descriptive phrase meaning "to exhale heavy breath."

Synonyms

• Hơi thở có mùi: Having smelly breath.
• Hơi thở khó chịu: Having unpleasant breath.

Related Idioms

• Ăn nói nặng hơi: This idiom extends the concept metaphorically. It means to speak in a threatening, arrogant, or overly assertive manner, as if one's words carry excessive weight or force.
  • Đừng có ăn nói nặng hơi với tôi như vậy. (Don't speak to me in such a threatening tone like that.)

Học thuật

1. Have a strong breath