Hình này khiến tôi tức.

In Vietnamese, demonstratives like này (this) usually come after the noun, not before it.

So:

• hình này = this picture
• literally, it is closer to picture this

This is a very common Vietnamese pattern:

• người này = this person
• nhà này = this house
• xe này = this vehicle / this car

You may also hear longer versions with classifiers, such as bức hình này or tấm hình này.

Here, hình means picture, image, or sometimes photo, depending on context.

Common related words are:

• hình = picture / image
• tấm hình = a picture / a photo
• bức hình = a picture
• ảnh = photo

In everyday speech, especially in some regions, hình is very common for picture/photo.

So Hình này is a natural way to say This picture or This image.

Because this sentence does not mean This picture is .... It means This picture makes me angry.

The structure is:

• Hình này = this picture
• khiến = makes / causes
• tôi = me
• tức = angry / irritated

Vietnamese often does not use a direct equivalent of English to be in the same way English does, but in this sentence the main verb is not to be anyway. The main verb is khiến.

Khiến means to make, to cause, or to lead someone to feel/do something.

A very useful pattern is:

• X khiến Y + adjective/feeling
• X khiến Y + verb

In your sentence:

• Hình này = X
• tôi = Y
• tức = the feeling

So:

• Hình này khiến tôi tức.
• This picture makes me angry.

More examples:

• Tin này khiến tôi buồn. = This news makes me sad.
• Việc đó khiến tôi lo. = That makes me worried.
• Câu nói đó khiến tôi cười. = That sentence made me laugh.

Compared with làm, khiến often sounds a bit more formal or written.

Vietnamese pronouns depend heavily on relationship, age, tone, and social context.

In this sentence, tôi is a neutral, standard way to say I / me. After khiến, it functions like me in English:

• khiến tôi tức = makes me angry

Other pronouns are possible in different contexts:

• khiến mình tức = makes me angry (more casual, softer, often self-referential)
• khiến tao tức = makes me angry (very informal, rough, only in certain relationships)
• khiến em tức / khiến anh tức = depends on who is speaking

So tôi is the safest textbook form.

Tức means angry, annoyed, irritated, or sometimes indignant/frustrated, depending on context.

It is related to anger, but it often suggests a feeling of being upset, worked up, or internally irritated.

Compare:

• giận = angry at someone/something
• tức = angry, irritated, worked up, sometimes because something is unfair or annoying
• bực / bực mình = annoyed
• tức giận = angry; a stronger, more explicit phrase

So:

• Hình này khiến tôi tức. = This picture makes me angry / irritated.
• Hình này khiến tôi tức giận. = This picture makes me angry.
  This version sounds a bit fuller and sometimes stronger.

In casual English, tức here could be mad, annoyed, or upset, depending on the situation.

Yes, it is grammatical and understandable. However, it can sound a little more formal or written because of khiến.

In everyday conversation, many speakers would also say:

• Hình này làm tôi tức.
• Bức hình này làm tôi tức.
• Nhìn hình này tôi thấy tức.

So the original sentence is fine, but làm is often more conversational than khiến.

A rough comparison:

• khiến = make / cause, slightly more formal
• làm = make, more everyday

Because Vietnamese classifiers are often optional in everyday speech, depending on the noun and context.

All of these can work:

• Hình này
• Tấm hình này
• Bức hình này

They all mean roughly this picture.

Differences:

• hình này = simple, common, natural
• tấm hình này = very common for photos/pictures
• bức hình này = also common, a little more explicit as a picture/image noun phrase

So leaving out the classifier is completely normal here.

Yes. That is also natural, but the structure and focus are slightly different.

• Hình này khiến tôi tức. = This picture makes me angry.
• Tôi tức vì hình này. = I am angry because of this picture.

The first sentence focuses on the picture as the cause.
The second sentence focuses on your emotional state.

Both are correct. Vietnamese often allows several ways to express the same idea with slightly different emphasis.

Yes.

• Hình này khiến tôi tức.
• Hình này khiến tôi tức giận.

Both are correct.

Difference:

• tức is shorter and can feel a bit more immediate or colloquial
• tức giận is more explicit and clearly means angry

Sometimes tức can feel like annoyed / worked up / upset, while tức giận is more straightforwardly angry.

So if you want the emotion to be very clear as anger, tức giận is a good choice.

A few pronunciation points that English speakers often need to notice:

• hình has a low falling tone
• này also has a low falling tone
• khiến has a rising tone
• tôi has a level tone
• tức has a rising tone

A few sound notes:

• hình: the h is pronounced; the vowel is not like English hill
• khiến: the kh is a breathy sound not found in standard English
• tôi: do not pronounce it like English toy
• tức: ends with a final -c, so it is short and clipped

If pronunciation matters for you, khiến and tức are probably the two words worth extra practice.

It can mean other things too. Depending on context, hình can refer to:

• picture / image
• shape / form
• figure

For example:

• hình tròn = circle / round shape
• hình vuông = square
• chụp hình = take photos

In Hình này khiến tôi tức, the context makes hình mean picture/image, not shape.

Yes. You can adjust the emotional strength.

Softer:

• Hình này làm tôi hơi bực. = This picture makes me a little annoyed.
• Hình này làm tôi khó chịu. = This picture makes me uncomfortable / annoyed.

Similar:

• Hình này khiến tôi tức.
• Hình này làm tôi tức.

Stronger:

• Hình này khiến tôi rất tức giận. = This picture makes me very angry.
• Hình này làm tôi điên lên. = This picture drives me crazy.

So Vietnamese lets you control the emotional intensity very naturally by changing the final adjective or adding words like hơi, rất, or stronger expressions.