ói
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Definition
Verb:
- To vomit; to bring up (food, liquid, etc.) from the stomach through the mouth: The primary meaning of "ói" is the physical act of vomiting or regurgitating stomach contents.
- To be extremely angry (in a figurative, idiomatic sense): Used to express a state of intense anger or frustration, often to the point of feeling physically ill.
Adjective (colloquial):
- In abundance; excessive; more than enough: Used informally to describe a large, plentiful, or surplus quantity of something.
Usage Examples
Verb (literal meaning):
- Em bé bị sốt và ói ra sữa. (The baby has a fever and vomited up milk.)
- Anh ấy say tàu xe nên đã ói hết thức ăn. (He got motion sickness and vomited all the food.)
Verb (figurative meaning):
- Nghe tin đó, tôi tức muốn ói máu. (Hearing that news, I was so angry I could vomit blood [idiom for extreme anger].)
Adjective:
- Nhà họ năm nay thu hoạch còn ói khoai. (Their family still has potatoes in abundance from this year's harvest.)
- Đừng lo, công ty chúng tôi còn ói việc cho anh làm. (Don't worry, our company still has an excess of work for you to do.)
Advanced Usage
- "Tức ói máu": An idiom meaning to be furious, enraged, or extremely frustrated.
- Bị lừa tiền, ông ấy tức ói máu. (Being scammed out of money made him furious enough to vomit blood.)
Variants and Related Words
Nôn (verb): The more standard, formal synonym for "to vomit."
- Bệnh nhân có triệu chứng buồn nôn và nôn. (The patient has symptoms of nausea and vomiting.)
Ọe (verb): To retch; to make the sound and motion of vomiting, often without bringing anything up.
- Ngửi mùi đó, nó ọe liên tục. (Smelling that odor, he kept retching.)
Synonyms
- Mửa (verb): To vomit (similar to "nôn").
- Thừa mứa (adjective): In excess, overflowing (similar to the adjectival meaning of "ói").
Related Phrases/Idioms
- "Còn ói" + [noun]: A colloquial structure meaning "to still have an abundance of [something]."
- Còn ói thời gian. (To still have plenty of time.)
- "Ói ra": To vomit out (literally); sometimes used figuratively for expressing something unpleasant forcefully.
- Nó ói ra những lời cay độc. (He spewed out bitter, malicious words.)