ào

Thân thiện

Nước lụt ào vào cánh đồng.

Definition

1. Adverb:

   • Impetuously; in a rushing, forceful, and often noisy manner: Describes an action performed with sudden, vigorous, and unrestrained speed.
   • Quickly; hastily: Describes doing something in a hurried, sometimes careless, way to finish rapidly.

2. Verb:

   • To rush; to pour; to flood: Describes a large mass (e.g., people, water, wind) moving or entering somewhere quickly, forcefully, and in great volume.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:

  • Gió thổi ào qua cửa sổ. (The wind blew impetuously through the window.)
  • Họ làm ào cho xong việc. (They did it hastily to finish the job.)

• Verb:

  • Nước lụt ào vào các cánh đồng lúa. (Floodwater rushed into the rice fields.)
  • Bọn trẻ ào vào nhà khi nghe chuông. (The children rushed into the house when they heard the bell.)

Advanced Usage

• "ào ào" (reduplicated form): Impetuously, noisily, and with great force (often intensifying the base meaning).
  • Mưa rơi ào ào trên mái tôn. (The rain fell noisily and heavily on the tin roof.)
  • Tiếng sóng vỗ ào ào. (The waves crashed roaringly.)

Variants and Related Words

• Ào tới (verb phrase): To rush/charge forward.

  • Đám đông ào tới phía sân khấu. (The crowd rushed toward the stage.)

• Ào xuống (verb phrase): To rush/wade down into.

  • Lội ào xuống ruộng. (To wade impetuously down into the field.)

Synonyms

• Adverb: Impulsively, headlong, hastily.
• Verb: To surge, to stream, to swarm, to gush.

Related Idioms

• Làm ào cho xong: To do something slapdash or hastily just to get it finished.
  • Đừng làm ào cho xong, hãy cẩn thận một chút. (Don't do it hastily just to finish; be a bit more careful.)

Học thuật

adv

1. Impetuously
   • lội ào xuống ruộng
     to wade impetuously into a field

verb

1. To rush
   • nước lụt ào vào các cánh đồng lúa
     floods of water rushed into rice fields