Definition

1. Adverb:
   • Everywhere, in every place: Indicates that something exists, occurs, or is found in all locations without exception.
   • Unfounded, not supported by facts, baseless: Used to describe information, stories, or rumors that are fabricated, lack evidence, or are purely speculative.

Usage Examples

• Adverb (Everywhere): Đâu đâu cũng thấy cờ hoa. (Flags and flowers are seen everywhere.) Tin tức này lan truyền đâu đâu. (This news is spreading everywhere.)

• Adverb (Unfounded/Baseless): Đó chỉ là chuyện đâu đâu, đừng tin. (That's just a baseless story, don't believe it.) Anh ta kể toàn những chuyện đâu đâu. (He tells nothing but unfounded tales.)

Advanced Usage

• "đâu đâu cũng...": A common structure emphasizing universality, meaning "everywhere, it is also...". (People are complaining about prices everywhere.)
• Used to dismiss information as gossip or fabrication. (It's all just unfounded rumors, with no basis.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đâu: An interrogative adverb meaning "where". Can be used in rhetorical or negative constructions (e.g., - "nowhere to be found", "it's not like that").
• Mọi nơi: A synonym meaning "every place", "everywhere" (neutral, factual).
• Khắp nơi: A synonym meaning "all over the place", "everywhere" (emphasizing wide distribution).

Synonyms

• Khắp nơi: All over, everywhere.
• Mọi nơi: Every place.
• Vô căn cứ: Baseless, unfounded (for the second meaning).
• Bịa đặt: Fabricated, made-up (for the second meaning).

Related Idioms/Phrases

• Chuyện đâu đâu: A baseless story; a tall tale.
• Tin đồn đâu đâu: An unfounded rumor.
• Ngồi lê đôi mách đâu đâu: Idle, baseless gossip.

1. Everywhere, in every place
   • Đâu đâu người ta cũng đều bàn tán
     It is being talked about everywhere
2. Unfounded, not supported by facts, ide
   • Chuyện đâu đâu
     A story not supported by facts
   • Tin đồn đâu đâu
     A unfounded rumour
   • Chuyện ngồi lê đôi mách đâu đâu
     An ide gossip