Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having a keen sense of smell: The primary meaning describes a person or animal whose nose is highly sensitive and able to detect, distinguish, or identify scents quickly and accurately.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Con chó đó rất thính mũi. (That dog has a very keen sense of smell.)
  • Bà tôi thính mũi nên có thể ngửi thấy mùi khét từ rất xa. (My grandmother has a sharp nose, so she can smell something burning from far away.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase can be used figuratively to describe someone who is very perceptive or quick to detect subtle clues, trends, or hidden information, similar to "having a nose for something."
  • Anh phóng viên thính mũi đã phát hiện ra vụ bê bối. (The reporter with a keen nose uncovered the scandal.)

Variants and Related Words

• Thính (adj): generally means acute or keen (in hearing or smell). "Thính mũi" specifically refers to the sense of smell.
• Thính tai (adj): having keen hearing.

Synonyms

• Keen-nosed
• Sharp-nosed
• To have a good nose

Related Idioms

• "Đánh hơi" (to sniff out): This verb phrase is related, meaning to detect or discover something through scent or, figuratively, through investigation.
  • Cảnh sát đã đánh hơi ra kế hoạch của bọn tội phạm. (The police sniffed out the criminals' plan.)