Definition

1. 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.

2. 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.)

verb

1. to wake (up); to sit (stay up)

noun

1. mood