Definition

1. 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.

1. (khẩu ngữ)Retch
   • Nghén hay oẹ
     To retch often from being with child