ưu ái
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Definition
Adjective:
- Favored / Preferential: Receiving special care, advantages, or favorable treatment compared to others.
- Affectionate / Kind: Showing tender care and fondness, often with a connotation of protective concern.
Verb:
- To favor / To show favoritism: To give special advantages, privileges, or kinder treatment to someone or something.
- To regard with affectionate concern: To treat someone with a special, caring, and protective kindness.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- Anh ấy là khách hàng được ưu ái. (He is a favored customer.)
- Cô ấy nhìn đứa trẻ bằng ánh mắt ưu ái. (She looked at the child with an affectionate gaze.)
Verb:
- Giám đốc luôn ưu ái các nhân viên chăm chỉ. (The director always favors hardworking employees.)
- Bà ưu ái đứa cháu nhỏ nhất. (She shows affectionate concern for the youngest grandchild.)
Advanced Usage
- "Ưu ái đặc biệt": special favor / preferential treatment.
- Chính sách này dành sự ưu ái đặc biệt cho các doanh nghiệp địa phương. (This policy grants special favor to local businesses.)
Variants and Related Words
- Ưu đãi (v/n): to offer preferential terms; a privilege or preferential offer. This word is more commonly used in commercial contexts.
- Cửa hàng đang có chương trình ưu đãi cho khách mới. (The store has a preferential offer for new customers.)
Synonyms
- Favor (v): to give preferential treatment.
- Cherish (v): to hold dear with protective affection.
- Preferential (adj): giving or receiving an advantage.
Related Idioms
- Được lòng ưu ái: to be in someone's good graces, to be favored.
- Cô ấy luôn được lòng ưu ái của sếp. (She is always in the boss's good graces.)
adj
- affectionate
verb
- to favour