đói
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Definition
Adjective:
- To be hungry: The primary meaning of "đói" is the physical sensation of needing or wanting to eat food.
- To be in a state of famine/scarcity: "đói" describes a widespread, severe lack of food affecting a community or region.
Adjective (extended usage):
- To be desperately lacking or craving: Used figuratively to express a strong need or craving for something non-physical, such as sleep, affection, or knowledge.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Tôi đói rồi. (I am hungry.)
- Năm 1945, nạn đói kinh hoàng đã xảy ra. (In 1945, a terrible famine occurred.)
- Đứa trẻ đói sự quan tâm của cha mẹ. (The child craves parental attention.)
Advanced Usage
"đói khát": to be hungry and thirsty; figuratively, to have a burning desire or thirst for something.
- Anh ấy đói khát tri thức. (He has a thirst for knowledge.)
"đói meo" / "đói réo": (colloquial) to be extremely hungry, starving.
- Làm việc cả ngày, bụng tôi đói meo. (Working all day, my stomach is growling with hunger.)
Variants and Related Words
Nạn đói (n): famine.
- Nạn đói đe dọa hàng triệu người. (Famine threatens millions of people.)
Cơn đói (n): a hunger pang, a bout of hunger.
- Cơn đói cồn cào. (A gnawing hunger pang.)
Đói kém (n): crop failure leading to famine.
- Vùng này thường xuyên chịu cảnh đói kém. (This region often suffers from famine due to crop failure.)
Synonyms
- Hungry: needing food.
- Famished: extremely hungry.
- Starving: suffering from extreme hunger.
Related Idioms
Đói cho sạch, rách cho thơm: (proverb) To remain virtuous and honorable even in poverty and hardship. Literally, "When hungry, stay clean; when ragged, stay fragrant."
- Dù nghèo nhưng phải sống đúng đạo lý, đói cho sạch, rách cho thơm. (Even if poor, one must live rightly, maintaining honor in hardship.)
Đói ăn vụng, túng làm càn: (proverb) Necessity can drive people to desperate or immoral acts. Literally, "Hunger leads to stealing, desperation leads to recklessness."
- Hoàn cảnh khó khăn đôi khi dẫn đến đói ăn vụng, túng làm càn. (Difficult circumstances can sometimes lead people to desperate measures.)
- tính từ to be hungry
- nạn đóiFamine