Definition

1. Verb:
   • To scold loudly and persistently: "èo èo" describes the action of nagging, scolding, or complaining in a loud, shrill, and continuous manner, often causing annoyance to the listener.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Đừng èo èo mãi thế! (Don't keep scolding loudly and persistently like that!)
  • Cô ấy cứ èo èo về chuyện tiền bạc cả ngày. (She keeps nagging loudly about money all day long.)
  • Trẻ con èo èo đòi mua đồ chơi. (The children are whining loudly and persistently, demanding to buy toys.)

Advanced Usage

• "Èo èo" is often used to express strong disapproval of someone's repetitive and grating vocal complaints. It implies a lack of patience from the speaker towards the noise and the behavior.
  • Suốt buổi họp, anh ta chỉ ngồi èo èo phàn nàn mà không đưa ra giải pháp nào. (Throughout the meeting, he just sat there whining and complaining loudly without offering any solutions.)

Variants and Related Words

• Èo ọt (adj): Describes a voice that is shrill, thin, and unpleasant, often associated with the sound of nagging.
  • Giọng nói èo ọt (A shrill, whiny voice)
• Lải nhải (v): To nag or chatter on and on about something trivial. This is a close synonym but may not always imply the same loud volume as "èo èo".
  • Bà ấy cứ lải nhải mãi một chuyện. (She keeps nagging on and on about one thing.)

Synonyms

• La lối (v): To yell, to shout angrily.
• Càu nhàu (v): To grumble, to mutter complaints (often in a lower, less shrill tone than "èo èo").
• Kêu ca (v): To complain, to gripe.

Related Phrases

• Èo èo như bị đứt tay: An idiom meaning to whine or complain excessively and loudly, as if one has cut their finger (i.e., over a minor issue).
  • Có tí việc nhỏ mà nó đã èo èo như bị đứt tay. (Over such a small matter, he's whining as if he cut his finger.)

1. Scold loudy and peristingly
   • Đừng èo èo mãi thế
     Don't keep scolding loudly and peristingly like that