nủa

Definition

1. Adverb:
   • More / further / additionally: Used to indicate an additional amount, degree, or continuation of an action or state. It often follows a verb or adjective to express "more" or "again."
   • Yet / still: Used in negative or interrogative sentences to mean "yet" or "still" in the context of something not having happened or being completed.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • Anh ấy uống thêm một ly nữa. (He drank one more glass.)
  • Cô ấy cần cố gắng nữa. (She needs to try harder / again.)
  • Bạn đã làm xong bài tập chưa? Chưa, tôi chưa làm xong nữa. (Have you finished your homework? No, I haven't finished it yet.)

Advanced Usage

• "đâu có... nữa": A common negative rhetorical pattern meaning "it's not... anymore" or "there is no longer..."

  • Đâu có tiền nữa mà mua. (There's no more money to buy it, so how could I?)

• "một lần nữa": one more time; once again.

  • Xin hãy giải thích một lần nữa. (Please explain it one more time.)

Variants and Related Words

• Thêm nữa (adv): furthermore; moreover; in addition.

  • Trời lạnh, thêm nữa lại mưa. (It's cold, and furthermore, it's raining.)

• Nữa không?: Used at the end of a yes/no question to mean "any more?" or "else?"

  • Bạn muốn ăn gì nữa không? (Do you want to eat anything else?)

Synonyms

• More: an additional amount or degree.
• Further: to a greater extent or degree.
• Yet: up until the present or a specified time; still.
• Again: another time; once more.

Related Idioms

• Càng... càng... nữa: The more... the more... (emphatic).

  • Càng học, càng thấy mình thiếu kiến thức nữa. (The more I study, the more I realize I lack knowledge.)

• Đâu dám... nữa: A pattern expressing "I/one wouldn't dare to... again."

  • Lần sau đâu dám làm thế nữa. (Next time I wouldn't dare to do that again.)