Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Crazy, infatuated, head over heels (in love): Describes a state of being intensely and often foolishly passionate or obsessed, typically with a person, but can extend to an activity or object. It implies a loss of rational judgment due to strong emotion.
   • Enamored, captivated: To be completely charmed and absorbed by someone or something.

2. Verb:

   • To be crazy about, to be infatuated with: The act of feeling or exhibiting this intense, often irrational passion or obsession.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Cô ấy si mê anh chàng diễn viên đó. (She is crazy about that actor.)
  • Anh ta có một tình yêu si mê dành cho cô. (He has a passionate, head-over-heels love for her.)
  • Sự si mê của cậu ấy dành cho trò chơi điện tử thật đáng lo. (His obsession with video games is really concerning.)

• Verb:

  • Tôi si mê âm nhạc của cô ấy. (I am infatuated with her music.)
  • Hắn si mê cô ta đến mờ mắt. (He is so blindly infatuated with her.)

Advanced Usage

• "mê si": This is a common variant with the same meaning, though "si mê" is more frequently used. It emphasizes the state of being enchanted or spellbound.

  • Vẻ đẹp ấy khiến bao người mê si. (That beauty has captivated many people.)

• "si mê đắm đuối": An intensified phrase meaning "deeply and passionately infatuated."

  • Một tình yêu si mê đắm đuối. (A deeply passionate, all-consuming love.)

Variants and Related Words

• Mê (verb/adjective): To like/love intensely, to be fascinated. Often used similarly but can be slightly less intense than "si mê."

  • Nó mê đá bóng. (He's crazy about soccer.)

• Say mê (verb/adjective): To be passionate/enthusiastic about. Often carries a more positive connotation of wholesome passion (e.g., for a study or hobby).

  • Cô ấy say mê nghiên cứu khoa học. (She is passionately devoted to scientific research.)

• Đam mê (noun/verb): Passion, to be passionate. A stronger, more enduring, and often more respectable term for a deep, driving interest.

  • Theo đuổi đam mê. (To pursue one's passion.)

Synonyms

• Cuồng nhiệt (adj): Ardent, fervent, zealous.
• Phát cuồng (verb phrase): To go crazy (over something/someone).

Related Phrases

• Si tình (noun/adjective): A lovesick person; to be lovesick. Specifically refers to the state of being foolishly in love.

  • Gã si tình. (The lovesick fool.)

• Mù quáng vì tình (idiomatic phrase): Blind because of love. Similar to "love is blind," describing irrational behavior due to infatuation.

1. Crazy; head over heels (in love)