đùa dai
Definition
- Verb:
- To trifle; to dally; to joke persistently or excessively: To continue joking or playing around in a prolonged, excessive, or inappropriate manner, often beyond the point where it is welcome or amusing to others.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Đừng đùa dai nữa, tôi đang bận. (Don't trifle/dally/joke around anymore; I'm busy.)
- Anh ấy có thói quen đùa dai khiến mọi người khó chịu. (He has a habit of joking persistently that makes people uncomfortable.)
- Trẻ con thỉnh thoảng đùa dai quá mức. (Children sometimes joke around excessively.)
Advanced Usage
- "đùa dai quá đà": to joke around excessively or beyond acceptable limits.
- Việc đùa dai quá đà có thể gây ra hiểu lầm. (Joking around excessively can cause misunderstandings.)
Variants and Related Words
- Đùa (verb): to joke, to kid.
- Anh ấy chỉ đang đùa thôi. (He is just joking.)
- Đùa cợt (verb): to jest, to banter (often implies a more playful, less serious tone than ).
- Họ thích đùa cợt với nhau. (They like to banter with each other.)
- Nói đùa (verb phrase): to say something as a joke.
- Tôi chỉ nói đùa vậy thôi. (I was just saying it as a joke.)
Synonyms
- Trêu chọc dai dẳng: to tease persistently.
- Giỡn mặt: to joke around disrespectfully or push the limits (can be stronger and more negative than ).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
(This section is less common for Vietnamese verbs in this context, but related verbal patterns are shown.) - Cứ đùa dai: to keep on joking persistently. - Nó cứ đùa dai mãi không thôi. (He/She just keeps on joking persistently without stopping.)
Related Idioms
- Đùa dai hóa thật: A prolonged joke can turn serious; meaning that excessive joking can lead to real consequences or be mistaken for truth.
- Anh phải cẩn thận, đùa dai hóa thật đấy. (You must be careful; a prolonged joke can turn serious.)
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Trifle; dally
