Definition

1. Onomatopoeia:
   • The sound of smacking lips or repeated, wet, chewing sounds: It directly imitates the noise made when someone eats noisily, chews with their mouth open, or smacks their lips together, often implying a lack of table manners or great relish.

Usage Examples

• Onomatopoeia:
  • Đừng ăn chèm chẹp như thế! (Don't eat with such smacking sounds!)
  • Tiếng chèm chẹp khi nhai kẹo cao su làm tôi khó chịu. (The smacking sound from chewing gum irritates me.)
  • Con chó ăn xong vẫn còn chèm chẹp miệng. (The dog kept smacking its lips after eating.)

Advanced Usage

• The word is often used in a disapproving or critical context to comment on someone's eating etiquette. It can also be used descriptively in narratives to vividly depict a scene.

Variants and Related Words

• Chem chép: A variant form with identical meaning and usage.
  • Nó ăn chem chép suốt bữa. (He ate with constant smacking sounds throughout the meal.)

Synonyms

• Smack: to make a sharp sound with the lips.
• Chomp: to chew or bite on something noisily.
• Slurp: to make a sucking noise while eating or drinking.

Related Idioms

• While not a standalone idiom, "chèm chẹp" is frequently used in the common critical phrase "ăn chèm chẹp" (to eat noisily/smackingly).

1. như chem chép