Definitions

1. Adjective:
   • Densely packed, thickly clustered: Describes things that are very close together in large numbers, creating a dense, crowded appearance.
   • Covered densely, riddled with: Indicates a surface or area that is covered or marked by a very large number of something.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Chữ viết chi chít. (The handwriting is dense/serried.)
  • Cành cây chi chít những quả. (The branch is laden/densely covered with fruit.)
  • Bầu trời chi chít những vì sao. (The sky is densely dotted with stars.)
  • Hào giao thông đào chi chít dọc ngang. (Communication trenches are dug, densely crisscrossing the area.)

Advanced Usage

• "chi chít vết sẹo": covered in scars, riddled with scars.
  • Cánh tay anh ấy chi chít vết sẹo. (His arm is covered in scars.)
• "chi chít nếp nhăn": densely wrinkled, covered with wrinkles.
  • Khuôn mặt ông ấy chi chít nếp nhăn. (His face is densely wrinkled.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chít (a component, often used in reduplicative forms like "chi chít" for emphasis on density).
• Chằng chịt (adj): Intricately tangled or crisscrossed (e.g., đường dây chằng chịt - a tangled web of lines). This word shares the connotation of a dense, complex network but emphasizes interweaving more than mere clustering.

Synonyms

• Dày đặc: dense, thick (often for abstract things like schedules or concrete things like fog).
• Lít nhít: (colloquial) teeming with, swarming with (small things, often with a slightly negative connotation).
• Ken dày: packed tightly, crammed full.

Antonyms

• Thưa thớt: sparse, thinly scattered.
• Lơ thơ: sparse, scattered here and there (often for plants, hair).

adj

1. Serried, tense
   • chữ viết chi chít
     serried handwriting
   • cành cây chi chít những quả
     a branch with dense clusters of fruit, a branch laden with fruit
   • bầu trời chi chít những vì sao
     the vault of heaven is densely dotted with stars
   • hào giao thông đào chi chít dọc ngang
     communication trenches densely crisscrossed