đói bụng
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Definitions
- Adjective:
- Hungry, having an empty stomach: The state of needing or wanting to eat food. This is the most common and direct meaning.
- Feeling hunger pangs: Specifically describing the physical sensation of hunger in the stomach.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Tôi đói bụng quá. Chúng ta đi ăn trưa nhé? (I am hungry. Shall we go for lunch?)
- Sau buổi tập, các cầu thủ đều đói bụng. (After the practice, all the players were hungry.)
- Tiếng kêu òng ọc đó là do đói bụng đấy. (That gurgling sound is from hunger.)
Advanced Usage
- "Đói bụng" vs. "Đói": While often used interchangeably, "đói bụng" can slightly emphasize the physical, stomach-based sensation of hunger. "Đói" is more general and can also be used in metaphorical contexts (e.g., - information-starved). In most everyday situations, they mean the same thing.
- Cảm giác đói bụng thật khó chịu. (The feeling of hunger pangs is very uncomfortable.)
Variants and Related Words
- Đói (adj): Hungry. The standard, more general term.
- Cồn cào (adj): Ravenous, famished (describes a stronger, more urgent hunger).
- Tôi đói cồn cào. (I am ravenous.)
- Thèm ăn (verb phrase): To crave food, to feel like eating something specific.
- Cảm giác đói (noun phrase): The feeling/sensation of hunger.
Synonyms
- Thèm thuồng (adj): To have a craving (can be for food or other things).
- Muốn ăn (verb phrase): To want to eat.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Làm cho đói bụng: To make (someone) hungry.
- Mùi thức ăn làm tôi đói bụng. (The smell of food made me hungry.)
- Chịu đói: To endure/go hungry.
- Anh ấy phải chịu đói cả ngày. (He had to go hungry all day.)
Related Idioms
- Đói cho sạch, rách cho thơm: (Literally: Hungry but clean, ragged but fragrant). Meaning to maintain one's dignity and integrity even in poverty or hardship.
- Đói đầu gối phải bò: (Literally: When hungry, the knees must crawl). Meaning that necessity forces one to act.
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