thức
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Definition
Verb:
- To be awake; to not be asleep: Refers to the state of being conscious and not sleeping.
- To stay up; to keep vigil: To intentionally remain awake, especially late at night.
- To wake (someone) up: To cause another person to stop sleeping.
Noun (less common, formal/literary):
- Mood (in grammar): A grammatical category of verbs.
- Order (in architecture): A style or system of architectural design.
- Aspect; appearance (archaic): A visual form or manner.
Usage Examples
Verb:
- Tôi thức đến 2 giờ sáng để học bài. (I stayed up until 2 a.m. to study.)
- Đứa bé đã thức rồi. (The baby is already awake.)
- Hãy thức tôi dậy lúc 6 giờ. (Please wake me up at 6 o'clock.)
Noun:
- "Thức" trình bày trong ngữ pháp là indicative mood. (The indicative mood in grammar.)
- Thức kiến trúc Doric rất dễ nhận ra. (The Doric architectural order is very recognizable.)
Advanced Usage
- As a prefix: When placed before nouns for food, drink, or clothing, it forms general terms for consumables or wearables. It is often not directly translated.
- thức ăn: food
- thức uống: drink
- thức mặc (archaic): clothing
Variants and Related Words
Thức giấc (v): to wake up (from sleep).
- Ông ấy thức giấc vì tiếng ồn. (He woke up because of the noise.)
Thức khuya (v): to stay up late, to burn the midnight oil.
- Sinh viên thường phải thức khuya. (Students often have to stay up late.)
Đồng hồ báo thức (n): alarm clock.
- Đồng hồ báo thức kêu lúc 7 giờ. (The alarm clock rang at 7 o'clock.)
Synonyms
- Verb: To be awake, to stay up, to rouse.
- Noun: Mode, form, style.
Related Idioms
Thức trắng đêm: to stay awake the whole night.
- Cô ấy thức trắng đêm chăm con ốm. (She stayed awake all night caring for her sick child.)
Thức thâu đêm: to stay up through the night (similar to above).
- Nhóm làm việc thức thâu đêm để hoàn thành dự án. (The team stayed up through the night to finish the project.)
noun
- mood