Definition

1. Verb:
   • To slope, to slant, to lean: To be in a position that is not straight or vertical; to be inclined to one side.
   • To be swayed, to yield, to be persuaded: To be inclined to agree, to give in, or to be moved by someone's words or persuasion.

Usage Examples

• Verb (To slope/lean):
  • Cơn bão làm cây cối xiêu hết về một phía. (The storm made the trees all lean to one side.)
  • Bức tường này xiêu rồi, rất nguy hiểm. (This wall is leaning; it's very dangerous.)
• Verb (To be swayed/yield):
  • Nghe lời khuyên chân thành, lòng tôi cũng xiêu. (Hearing the sincere advice, my heart was also swayed.)
  • Anh ấy rất kiên định, khó mà làm xiêu được. (He is very firm; it's hard to make him yield.)

Advanced Usage

• "xiêu lòng": To be moved emotionally, to have one's heart swayed (often implying a change of mind due to emotion).
  • Nghe câu chuyện cảm động, ai cũng xiêu lòng. (Hearing the touching story, everyone was moved.)
• "xiêu vẹo": Crooked, askew, not straight (emphasizing a state of being bent or twisted out of shape).
  • Con đường xiêu vẹo khó đi. (The crooked road is hard to travel.)
• "phách lạc hồn xiêu": An idiom meaning "scared out of one's wits," literally "soul scattered, spirit swayed."
  • Nghe tiếng nổ, nó phách lạc hồn xiêu. (Hearing the explosion, he was scared out of his wits.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nghiêng (verb): To tilt, to incline. (A close synonym for the physical leaning meaning).
• Chếch (verb/adjective): To slant, to be oblique. (Describes a slanted angle).
• Ngả (verb): To lean, to tilt (often implying a direction or a tendency to fall).
• Xiêu xiêu (reduplicated adjective/adverb): Slightly leaning, somewhat askew. Describes a gentle, unsteady slant.
  • Cây nến cháy xiêu xiêu trong gió. (The candle flame flickered unsteadily in the wind.)

Synonyms

• Đổ (verb): To fall, to collapse. (A more severe result of leaning too far).
• Chao đảo (verb): To sway, to totter, to be unstable. (Implies unsteadiness).
• Động lòng (verb phrase): To be touched, to be moved (emotionally). (Synonym for the emotional "xiêu lòng").

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Làm xiêu lòng: To sway someone's heart, to move someone emotionally.
  • Bài hát đó đủ làm xiêu lòng bất kỳ ai. (That song is enough to sway anyone's heart.)
• Đánh xiêu: To strike something so that it leans or becomes unsteady.
  • Cú đấm đánh xiêu đối thủ. (The punch made the opponent stagger.)

Related Idioms

• Nhà xiêu vách đổ: Literally "house leaning, wall collapsing." Describes a state of extreme poverty, ruin, or disrepair.
  • Sau trận bão, cả làng nhà xiêu vách đổ. (After the storm, the whole village was in ruins.)
• Quán xiêu đình đổ: Similar to above, "taverns leaning, communal houses collapsing." Also describes widespread destruction or decline.

verb

1. slope, slant