xui
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Definition
Verb:
- To incite, to instigate, to urge: To encourage or persuade someone to do something, often something negative or foolish, that they might not otherwise do.
- To cause, to bring about: To be the reason something (usually negative or unfortunate) happens.
Adjective:
- Unlucky, jinxed: Describing a state of bad luck or misfortune. Often used in the phrase "vận xui" (bad luck).
Usage Examples
Verb (to incite):
- Đừng xui nó làm điều sai trái. (Don't incite him to do wrong.)
- Ai xui con làm thế? (Who told you/instigated you to do that?)
Verb (to cause):
- Số phận xui khiến thế. (Fate caused it to be so.)
- Trời xui đất khiến. (Heaven and earth conspired to make it happen. / It was destined.)
Adjective (unlucky):
- Hôm nay tôi gặp vận xui. (I had bad luck today.)
- Đồ xui! (You jinx! / Unlucky thing!)
Advanced Usage
"xui nguyên giục bị": To incite and instigate constantly; to be a persistent troublemaker or instigator.
- Nó chỉ giỏi xui nguyên giục bị chứ không dám làm. (He's only good at inciting others but doesn't dare do it himself.)
"xui khiến": To cause, to make happen (often by fate or supernatural forces).
- Mọi chuyện dường như do trời xui khiến. (Everything seems to be caused by heaven's will.)
"xui xẻo": (Adjective/Idiom) Unlucky, jinxed. This is a common reduplicative form.
- Ngày hôm nay thật xui xẻo. (Today is really unlucky.)
Variants and Related Words
- Xui xẻo (adj): Unlucky, jinxed. A more common and emphatic form than "xui" alone.
- Vận xui (n): Bad luck, a streak of misfortune.
- Xúi giục (v): A variant spelling/pronunciation meaning "to incite, to egg on." This is very common.
- Nó bị bạn xúi giục. (He was egged on by his friend.)
Synonyms
- Giục (v): To urge, to press.
- Khích (v): To provoke, to incite.
- Khiến (v): To cause, to make.
- Rủ rê (v): To entice, to persuade (often to join an activity).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Xui làm (v): To incite to do.
- Nó xui thằng bé làm bậy. (He incited the boy to misbehave.)
Related Idioms
Xui trẻ ăn cứt gà: Literally "to incite a child to eat chicken droppings." Means to incite someone to do something extremely stupid or disgusting.
- Đừng có nghe lời nó, nó chỉ xui trẻ ăn cứt gà thôi. (Don't listen to him, he's just inciting you to do something foolish.)
Trời xui đất khiến: Heaven incites, earth causes. Means something was fated or destined to happen, often used for unfortunate events.
- Tai nạn ấy chẳng qua là trời xui đất khiến. (That accident was simply fate.)
adj
- be unlucky