Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Fast / Quick / Rapid: Describes something that happens or is done in a short amount of time, with speed.
   • Soon: Indicates that an event or state will occur after only a brief interval.

2. Adverb:

   • Quickly / Rapidly: Modifies a verb to indicate the action is performed with speed or will be completed soon.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Phơi nắng cho chóng khô. (Put it in the sun to dry quickly.)
  • Cô ấy mong anh ấy trở về cho chóng. (She wishes for him to return soon.)

• Adverb:

  • Anh ấy hiểu bài rất chóng. (He understood the lesson very quickly.)
  • Làm chóng lên! (Do it quickly!)

Advanced Usage

• "không chóng thì chầy": An idiom meaning "sooner or later."

  • Công sức của bạn rồi sẽ được đền đáp, không chóng thì chầy. (Your efforts will be rewarded, sooner or later.)

• "chong chóng": A reduplicated form for emphasis, meaning "very quickly" or "as fast as possible." It functions as an adverb.

  • Liệu đi chong chóng mà về. (Try to come back as fast as possible.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chóng mặt (adj): dizzy, vertiginous (literally "fast-spinning head").

  • Tôi cảm thấy chóng mặt. (I feel dizzy.)

• Chóng vánh (adj): hasty, hurried, done in great haste.

  • Đó là một quyết định chóng vánh. (That was a hasty decision.)

Synonyms

• Nhanh: fast, quick.
• Mau: speedy, soon.
• Vội: hurried, in a rush.

Related Idioms

• "Trời nắng chóng trưa, trời mưa chóng tối": A saying meaning "When it's sunny, noon comes quickly; when it rains, night falls fast." It poetically describes how time seems to pass differently depending on the weather or situation.

adj

1. Fast, rapid, quick
   • chóng hiểu nhớ lâu
     rapid comprehension and long memorization
   • phơi nắng cho chóng khô
     to put something in the sun to dry quickly
   • không chóng thì chầy
     sooner or later
   • trời nắng chóng trưa, trời mưa chóng tối
     when it shines, noon comes quickly, when it rains, night falls fast
   • chong chóng
     quick!quick!
   • liệu đi chong chóng mà về
     try to come back quick, quick!