buốt

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The Vietnamese word "buốt" is an adjective that describes two main feelings: experiencing a sharp pain and feeling a biting cold. Here’s a breakdown to help you understand it better:

Basic Meaning:

1. Sharp Pain: When you feel a sudden and intense pain, like a sharp prick or sting.

   • Example: "Cảm giác đau buốt như kim châm." (It feels like a sharp pain as if pricked by needles.)

2. Biting Cold: When the cold is so intense that it feels sharp or penetrating, almost as if it is biting into you.

   • Example: "Hôm nay trời lạnh buốt." (Today, the weather is biting cold.)

Usage Instructions:

• Use "buốt" to describe physical sensations related to pain or coldness. It often conveys an intensity that regular words like "đau" (pain) or "lạnh" (cold) do not capture.

Advanced Usage:

• You can combine "buốt" with other words to create phrases that describe specific situations:
  • Lạnh buốt xương: This means "frozen to the bone," indicating extreme cold that affects you deeply.
  • Đau buốt: This simply means "sharp pain," but you can elaborate on the type of pain by adding more descriptive phrases.

Word Variants:

• Đau: This means "pain" but is more general and does not convey the sharpness of "buốt."
• Lạnh: This means "cold," but does not imply the biting quality that "buốt" does.

Different Meanings:

• While "buốt" primarily refers to pain or cold, it can sometimes be used metaphorically to describe emotional pain or sharp feelings (e.g., "nỗi buốt lòng" means "sharp heartache").

Synonyms:

• For sharp pain: "đau nhói" (stinging pain)
• For biting cold: "lạnh cóng" (freezing cold)

Examples:

1. Physical Pain: "Tôi bị đau buốt ở chân." (I have a sharp pain in my leg.) 2.

Academic

adj

1. Feeling a sharp pain, feeling a biting cold; sharp, biting
   • lạnh buốt xương
     frozen to the bone
   • đau buốt như kim châm
     to feel a sharp pain as if pricked by needles