Definition

Verb: - To grill, to question persistently: To interrogate or question someone in a thorough, insistent, and often forceful manner, seeking detailed answers or attempting to uncover specific information.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cảnh sát vặn hỏi nghi phạm suốt ba giờ. (The police grilled the suspect for three hours.)
  • Phóng viên vặn hỏi chính trị gia về vụ bê bối. (The reporter questioned the politician persistently about the scandal.)
  • Giáo viên vặn hỏi học sinh để kiểm tra mức độ hiểu bài. (The teacher quizzed the student thoroughly to check their understanding of the lesson.)

Advanced Usage

• The verb "vặn hỏi" implies a more intense, detailed, and sometimes confrontational line of questioning than the neutral "hỏi" (to ask). It often suggests a determined effort to get to the truth or to test someone's knowledge or story.

Variants and Related Words

• Thẩm vấn (v): to interrogate (often in a formal or official context like police or legal proceedings).
• Chất vấn (v): to question, to interrogate (often used in formal contexts like parliamentary inquiries).
• Tra hỏi (v): to interrogate, to examine by questioning.

Synonyms

• To interrogate: To ask questions formally and systematically.
• To quiz: To question someone closely.
• To cross-examine: To question someone, especially in detail, to test answers given previously.

Related Idioms

• Vặn đi vặn lại: To ask the same question repeatedly, to go over and over a point.
  • Ông ấy vặn đi vặn lại cùng một câu hỏi. (He kept asking the same question over and over.)

verb

1. to grill, to question