đẹp ý
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Pleased, content, satisfied: "đẹp ý" describes a state of being pleased or content with a situation, outcome, or someone's actions. It implies that something meets with one's approval or desires.
- To one's liking: It can also mean that something is agreeable or satisfactory to someone's taste or wishes.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Làm sao cho đẹp ý mọi người? (How to please everyone?)
- Kết quả công việc khiến sếp rất đẹp ý. (The work result made the boss very pleased.)
- Bức tranh này có đẹp ý cô không? (Is this painting to your liking?)
Advanced Usage
- "Làm đẹp ý [ai đó]": To please someone, to act in a way that satisfies someone.
- Anh ấy luôn cố gắng làm đẹp ý vợ. (He always tries to please his wife.)
- "Được đẹp ý": To be pleased/content (with something).
- Tôi rất được đẹp ý với dịch vụ ở đây. (I am very pleased with the service here.)
Variants and Related Words
- Hài lòng (adj): Satisfied, content. (A more common synonym).
- Vừa ý (adj): To one's liking, satisfactory.
- Vui lòng (adj): Pleased (often used in polite requests: "Làm ơn" - Please).
- Ý đẹp (n): A good/kind intention (Note: This is a different compound word where "đẹp" modifies "ý").
Synonyms
- Hài lòng: satisfied, content.
- Vừa lòng: to one's liking.
- Thỏa mãn: satisfied, fulfilled.
- Bằng lòng: agreeable, willing.
Related Phrases
- Đẹp lòng: Pleasing to the heart/mind (a very close synonym, often used interchangeably).
- Lời nói ấy thật đẹp lòng. (Those words are truly pleasing.)
- Đẹp dạ: Feeling pleased/content internally (similar meaning, focusing on inner feeling).
- Nghe tin ấy, bà cụ đẹp dạ lắm. (Hearing that news, the old lady felt very content.)
Notes on Usage
- "Đẹp ý" is a compound adjective formed from "đẹp" (beautiful, good) and "ý" (intention, mind). It literally means "beautiful to the mind," hence "pleasing."
- It is used to describe a person's state of satisfaction. The person who is "đẹp ý" is typically the grammatical subject experiencing the feeling, or the indirect object in constructions like "làm đẹp ý."
- It is slightly more formal or literary than the more common "hài lòng."
- Pleased, content
- Làm đẹp ý mẹ chaTo pleaese one's parents