Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Incessantly noisy; persistently loud: Describes a continuous, intrusive, and often irritating level of sound or commotion that does not let up.
   • Noisy and chaotic: Conveys a sense of disorderly and tumultuous noise, often involving many sources.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cứ ồn ồn suốt ngày. (It's incessantly noisy the whole day.)
  • Khu chợ này lúc nào cũng ồn ồn. (This market area is always noisy and chaotic.)
  • Đừng nói ồn ồn như thế. (Don't talk in such a persistently loud way.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "ồn ồn" is a reduplicative form, which often intensifies the base adjective "ồn" (noisy). It emphasizes the continuous, repetitive, and bothersome nature of the noise.

Variants and Related Words

• Ồn (adj): noisy, loud. A simpler, less intense form.
  • Phòng học rất ồn. (The classroom is very noisy.)
• Ồn ào (adj): noisy, boisterous, clamorous. Very similar in meaning and often interchangeable with "ồn ồn", but can imply a more lively or vibrant commotion.
  • Buổi tiệc thật ồn ào. (The party was really boisterous.)

Synonyms

• Noisy: making a lot of sound.
• Din: a loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise.
• Cacophonous: involving a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.

Related Idioms

• While "ồn ồn" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it describes the state central to idioms like:
  • Ồn như chợ vỡ: as noisy as a market that has collapsed (i.e., extremely noisy and chaotic).

    • Lớp học ồn như chợ vỡ. (The classroom was as noisy as a collapsed market.)

1. Incessantly noisy
   • Cứ ồn ồn suốt ngày
     There in an incessant noise (din) the whole day