Definition

1. Verb:

   • To boil: To reach or cause a liquid to reach the temperature at which it bubbles and turns to vapor. This is the primary physical meaning.
   • To rumble / to gurgle: For the stomach or intestines, to make a bubbling or growling sound due to hunger or digestion.
   • To seethe / to be agitated: To become intensely active, excited, or emotionally charged, as if bubbling over.

2. Adjective:

   • Boiled: Describes a liquid, typically water, that has been brought to or is at the boiling point.
   • Boiling / Seething: Describes a state of intense activity or emotion.

Usage Examples

• Verb:

  • Nước bắt đầu sôi. (The water began to boil.)
  • Bụng tôi sôi lên vì đói. (My stomach is rumbling from hunger.)
  • Đám đông sôi sục trước thông báo. (The crowd seethed with agitation before the announcement.)

• Adjective:

  • Hãy uống nước sôi. (Please drink boiled water.)
  • Cô ấy tức giận sôi người. (She was boiling with anger.)

Advanced Usage

• "sôi nổi": (adjective) lively, fervent, enthusiastic.
  • Cuộc thảo luận diễn ra rất sôi nổi. (The discussion took place very lively.)
• "sôi sục": (verb/adjective) to seethe, to be in a state of furious excitement or agitation.
  • Lòng căm thù sôi sục. (Hatred seethed within.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đun sôi (v): to bring to a boil, to boil (an action).
  • Bạn nên đun sôi nước trước khi uống. (You should boil the water before drinking.)
• Nước sôi (n): boiling water.
  • Cẩn thận với nước sôi. (Be careful with the boiling water.)
• Điểm sôi (n): boiling point.
  • Điểm sôi của nước là 100°C. (The boiling point of water is 100°C.)

Synonyms

• To boil: to bubble, to reach boiling point.
• To rumble: to gurgle, to growl (for stomach).
• To seethe: to ferment, to fume, to be agitated.

Related Idioms

• Giận sôi máu / Giận sôi người: To be boiling with rage, to be furious (literally: "anger boils the blood/person").
  • Nghe tin đó, anh ta giận sôi máu. (Hearing that news, he was boiling with rage.)
• Sôi kinh sôi luật: (colloquial) To be in a state of great chaos or uproar.
  • Vụ việc làm cả công ty sôi kinh sôi luật. (The incident threw the whole company into chaos.)

verb

1. to boil to rumble

adj

1. boiled