Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Easy-going: Having a relaxed, flexible, and tolerant character or manner; not easily upset or stressed.

2. Verb (descriptive):

   • To speak faintly / feebly: To utter words in a very soft, weak, and breathless voice, making them difficult to hear clearly.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ấy có tính tình rất thều thào, ít khi thấy anh nổi giận. (He has a very easy-going personality; you rarely see him get angry.)
• Verb:
  • Người bệnh thều thào vài câu rồi lại thiếp đi. (The patient murmured a few faint words and then fell asleep again.)
  • "Nước..." – nó thều thào trong cơn mê. ("Water..." – it whispered feebly in its delirium.)

Advanced Usage

• The word is primarily used in its verbal sense to describe a specific, weak manner of speaking, often due to exhaustion, illness, or being on the verge of unconsciousness.
• The adjectival meaning describing character, while noted in some references, is less common in contemporary usage than the verbal meaning.

Variants and Related Words

• Thều thào is primarily used in its base form. There are no common direct variants, but its meaning relates to other words describing weak speech or character.

Synonyms

• Adjective: Easy-going, lenient, placid, mild-mannered.
• Verb: To whisper faintly, to murmur feebly, to mumble weakly.

Related Idioms

• There are no common idioms directly using thều thào. Its usage is typically literal, describing the faint quality of speech or a relaxed temperament.

adj

1. easy-going