oẹ
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Definition
- Verb:
- To retch, to gag: To make the sound and movement of vomiting, often without actually bringing anything up from the stomach. It describes the involuntary effort to vomit.
- To feel nauseous, to have morning sickness: Specifically used to describe the feeling of nausea and retching associated with pregnancy.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Mùi đó làm tôi muốn oẹ. (That smell makes me want to retch.)
- Cô ấy đang nghén, sáng nào cũng oẹ. (She has morning sickness; she retches every morning.)
Advanced Usage
- "oẹ ra": to vomit, to throw up (emphasizes the act of expelling stomach contents).
- Đứa bé ốm và oẹ ra hết thức ăn. (The sick child threw up all the food.)
- "buồn oẹ" / "muốn oẹ": to feel nauseous, to feel like retching.
- Xe đu quay làm tôi buồn oẹ. (The roller coaster made me feel nauseous.)
Variants and Related Words
- Ọe (verb): A variant spelling/pronunciation of "oẹ", with the same meaning of retching or vomiting.
- Nôn (verb): To vomit, to throw up. This is a more standard/formal term compared to the colloquial "oẹ".
- Buồn nôn (adjective phrase): Nauseous, feeling sick.
Synonyms
- Buồn nôn: to feel nauseous.
- Gag: to retch (English equivalent).
Related Phrases (Collocations)
- Nghén oẹ: to have morning sickness (to retch from pregnancy).
- Mấy tháng đầu, chị ấy nghén oẹ rất nhiều. (In the first few months, she had a lot of morning sickness.)
- Oẹ khan: to dry heave (to retch without producing vomit).
- Anh ta say rượu và chỉ oẹ khan thôi. (He was drunk and only dry heaved.)
Notes on Usage
- "Oẹ" is primarily used in colloquial speech. In more formal or medical contexts, words like nôn (vomit) or buồn nôn (nauseous) are preferred.
- It often describes the sound and physical effort associated with vomiting, not just the feeling of nausea.
- The phrase "nghén oẹ" is a fixed collocation specifically related to pregnancy.
- (khẩu ngữ)Retch
- Nghén hay oẹTo retch often from being with child