Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Keen on / Attached to: Describing a deep, sincere, and earnest emotional connection or strong desire towards a person, object, or ideal.
   • Earnest / Ardent: Conveying a feeling of heartfelt intensity, deep passion, or sincere urgency in one's emotions, requests, or actions.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cô ấy có lời cầu xin rất thiết tha. (She made a very earnest plea.)
  • Anh ấy thiết tha với quê hương. (He is deeply attached to his homeland.)
  • Tình yêu của họ thật thiết tha. (Their love is truly ardent.)

Advanced Usage

• Used to modify nouns describing emotions, requests, or expressions to intensify their sincerity and depth.
  • một nguyện vọng thiết tha (an earnest aspiration)
  • lời hứa thiết tha (a heartfelt promise)

Variants and Related Words

• Tha thiết (adj): An interchangeable variant with identical meaning, often used in similar contexts.
  • Cô ấy nhớ quê nhà một cách tha thiết. (She misses her hometown deeply.)

Synonyms

• Earnest: Showing sincere conviction.
• Ardent: Enthusiastic or passionate.
• Heartfelt: Deeply and sincerely felt.
• Fervent: Having or displaying a passionate intensity.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Thiết tha mong muốn: To ardently desire.
  • Họ thiết tha mong muốn hòa bình. (They ardently desire peace.)
• Yêu thiết tha: To love ardently.
  • Yêu thiết tha mảnh đất này. (To love this land ardently.)

adj

1. keen on, attached to eager