sính

Thân thiện

Một số người sính dùng từ nước ngoài trong giao tiếp.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To be very fond of, to like very much: To have an excessive or affected fondness for something, often to show off or appear superior.
   • To have a mania for: To be excessively and often pretentiously devoted to a particular thing or practice.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Anh ta sính dùng từ nước ngoài. (He is very fond of using foreign words.)
  • Cô ấy sính thơ ca cổ điển. (She is very fond of classical poetry.)
  • Căn bệnh sính thành tích đang lan rộng. (The mania for achievements is spreading.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "sính" often carries a critical or negative connotation, implying the fondness is overdone, pretentious, or used for ostentation rather than genuine appreciation.
  • Sính danh hiệu mà không có thực chất là vô ích. (Being fond of titles without substance is useless.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sính chữ (n): A pretentious fondness for using erudite or scholarly language.
  • Bài viết đầy sính chữ, khó hiểu. (The writing is full of pretentious language, hard to understand.)

Synonyms

• To be addicted to: Implies a strong and habitual liking.
• To have a penchant for: Suggests a strong and continued liking.
• To be prone to: Indicates a tendency or inclination, often towards a fault.

Related Idioms

• Bệnh sính: Literally "the sickness of being fond of"; used to criticize an excessive and showy fondness for something.
  • Bệnh sính bằng cấp (The diploma mania)
• Sính ngoại: An excessive fondness for foreign things.
  • Tư tưởng sính ngoại (A mindset of favoring foreign things)

Học thuật

verb

1. to be very fond of, to like very much