sủa
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Definition
Verb: * (of a dog) to bark: To make the sharp, loud, short cry characteristic of a dog. * (figurative, informal) to speak angrily or nonsensically; to yap: Used to describe a person speaking in a harsh, scolding, or meaningless way, often implying annoyance.
Usage
- The verb sủa is primarily used for the sound a dog makes. It is an intransitive verb.
- In its figurative sense, it is highly informal and often derogatory, used to criticize someone's speech as being like the annoying, repetitive sound of a barking dog.
Usage Examples
- Literal meaning (dog barking):
- Con chó nhà hàng xóm sủa suốt đêm. (The neighbor's dog barked all night.)
- Nghe tiếng chó sủa, tôi biết có người lạ đến. (Hearing the dog bark, I knew a stranger had arrived.)
- Figurative meaning (person speaking):
- Đừng có sủa ở đây! Hãy nói chuyện cho lịch sự. (Don't yap here! Speak politely.)
- Nó chỉ biết sủa chứ chẳng làm được việc gì. (He only knows how to bark [complain/talk nonsense] but can't get anything done.)
Advanced Usage
- Sủa vang: To bark loudly and resonantly.
- Tiếng chó sủa vang khắp xóm. (The sound of dogs barking loudly echoed throughout the neighborhood.)
- Sủa dai / Sủa liên tục: To bark persistently/continuously.
- Con chó cứ sủa dai vào cái bóng của nó. (The dog kept barking persistently at its own shadow.)
Variants and Related Words
- Tiếng sủa (n): A bark, barking (the sound).
- Tiếng sủa đó nghe rất dữ dằn. (That bark sounds very fierce.)
- Chó sủa (phrase): A barking dog.
- Chó sủa là chuyện bình thường. (A barking dog is normal.)
Synonyms
- Gâu gâu (onomatopoeia): Bow-wow, woof (the sound of barking).
- Chó kêu "gâu gâu". (The dog goes "woof woof".)
- La (verb): To shout, to yell (for the figurative sense, though less animal-specific).
- Anh ta la lên vì tức giận. (He shouted in anger.)
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Chó sủa, đoàn người cứ đi / Chó sủa là chó không cắn: Literally "The dogs bark, the caravan moves on" / "A barking dog doesn't bite." This idiom means to ignore empty threats or meaningless noise and continue with one's work or journey.
- Cứ để họ phản đối, chó sủa đoàn người cứ đi. (Let them protest, the dogs bark but the caravan moves on.)
- Sủa như chó dại: To bark like a rabid dog (a strong insult meaning to shout or speak very angrily and irrationally).
- Ông ấy tức giận và sủa như chó dại. (He was angry and barked like a rabid dog.)