Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Brimful, very full: Describes something that is filled to the point of being completely full, often to the brim, and appears swollen or heaped up. It implies a state where no more can be added.
   • Very rich, having a lot of something (figurative): Used informally to describe someone who possesses a great abundance of something, especially wealth.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Bát cơm đầy ú ụ. (A bowl of rice brimful / heaped to the top.)
  • Anh ấy giàu ú ụ. (He is very rich / rolling in money.)
  • Chiếc xe chất đồ ú ụ. (The vehicle is crammed full of stuff.)

Advanced Usage

• "ú ụ nước": brimful with water, waterlogged.
  • Sau cơn mưa, cánh đồng ú ụ nước. (After the rain, the field was waterlogged.)
• "no ú ụ": extremely full (from eating).
  • Ăn xong bữa tiệc, tôi cảm thấy no ú ụ. (After the feast, I felt absolutely stuffed.)

Variants and Related Words

• Ụ (verb/noun): This is a root suggesting a mound, heap, or a state of being piled up. "Ú ụ" is a reduplicative form that intensifies this meaning.
• Đầy ắp (adj): full to bursting, chock-full. A close synonym but less colloquial than "ú ụ".
• Chất đống (verb phrase): to pile up, to heap. Describes the action that results in an "ú ụ" state.

Synonyms

• Nghẹt (adj): choked, clogged (can imply overfullness).
• Căng phồng (adj): swollen, distended (focuses on the bulging appearance).
• Tràn đầy (adj): overflowing, brimming.

Related Phrases

• Chật ních (adj): packed tight, jam-packed. Often used for spaces rather than containers.
  • Căn phòng chật ních người. (The room was jam-packed with people.)
• Đầy tràn (adj): overflowing, filled to overflowing.
  • Trái tim cô ấy đầy tràn hạnh phúc. (Her heart was overflowing with happiness.)

Related Idioms

• Giàu nứt đố đổ vách: (idiom) filthy rich, so rich it's bursting through the walls. This is a stronger, more vivid idiom similar to "giàu ú ụ".
• No căng bụng: (idiom) having a very full stomach. Similar to "no ú ụ".

adj

1. brimful