sặc
Definition
- Verb:
- To choke: To experience a sudden, violent coughing fit because something (like food, liquid, or smoke) has entered the windpipe, blocking normal breathing.
- To reek of / to be saturated with: To have a very strong, overwhelming, and often unpleasant smell permeating from something.
Usage Examples
- Verb (to choke):
- Đứa bé bị sặc sữa. (The baby choked on milk.)
- Ông ấy sặc nước khi cười trong lúc uống. (He choked on water when he laughed while drinking.)
- Verb (to reek of):
- Căn phòng sặc mùi ẩm mốc. (The room reeks of damp mold.)
- Quần áo anh ta sặc mùi khói thuốc. (His clothes reek of cigarette smoke.)
Advanced Usage
- "sặc sụa": To cough and choke violently and uncontrollably.
- Cô ấy ho sặc sụa vì hít phải bụi. (She coughed and choked violently from inhaling dust.)
Variants and Related Words
- Nghẹn (v): To choke up (often from emotion, or with a slight blockage).
- Ngạt (v): To suffocate, to be unable to breathe (a more severe state than "sặc").
Synonyms
- Choke: To have the throat blocked, causing coughing.
- Gag: To retch or choke involuntarily.
- Reek: To smell strongly and unpleasantly.
- Stink: To have a strong, offensive smell.
Related Idioms
- Sặc mùi: An idiom literally meaning "to be saturated with the smell of," used to describe an overpowering presence of a scent, often negative.
- Câu chuyện của họ sặc mùi dối trá. (Their story reeks of deception.)
verb
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to choke to reek of
