Definition

1. Verb (Intransitive):

   • To be moved / to be touched: To experience a strong, immediate feeling of emotion, often sympathy, compassion, or tenderness, typically in response to a poignant event, story, or act of kindness.
   • To be emotional / to be stirred: To be in a state of heightened sensitivity and feeling, often to the point where one's composure is visibly affected.

2. Noun:

   • Emotion / feeling: A state of being emotionally affected; a surge of deep feeling.

Usage Examples

• Verb:

  • Cô ấy xúc động đến rơi nước mắt khi nhận được món quà bất ngờ. (She was so moved that she shed tears upon receiving the unexpected gift.)
  • Chúng tôi vô cùng xúc động trước tinh thần giúp đỡ của cộng đồng. (We were deeply touched by the community's spirit of help.)
  • Ông ấy là người rất dễ xúc động. (He is a person who gets emotional very easily.)

• Noun:

  • Bài phát biểu đầy xúc động của cô đã lay động trái tim mọi người. (Her deeply emotional speech touched everyone's hearts.)
  • Anh ấy cố kìm nén xúc động của mình. (He tried to suppress his emotion.)

Advanced Usage

• "làm xúc động": to move (someone), to touch (someone's heart). This is the causative form.
  • Câu chuyện của cô ấy làm xúc động tất cả khán giả. (Her story moved all the audience.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cảm động (v/adj): Often used similarly to "xúc động" but can sometimes imply a slightly softer, more tender, or lasting feeling of being touched. They are frequently interchangeable.
• Xúc cảm (n): Emotion, feeling. A more general term for emotion.
• Xao xuyến (v/adj): To be flustered, to feel a flutter of emotion (often romantic or nostalgic).

Synonyms

• Be moved / touched: To be affected by strong, tender feelings.
• Be emotional: To be in a state of strong feeling.
• Be stirred / affected: To have one's feelings aroused.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Xúc động nghẹn ngào: To be so moved one is choked with emotion.
  • Nghe tin ấy, bà xúc động nghẹn ngào. (Upon hearing that news, she was choked with emotion.)
• Giây phút xúc động: A moving moment.
  • Đó là giây phút xúc động nhất trong đêm diễn. (That was the most moving moment of the show.)

verb

1. to be moved