chệnh choạng

Thân thiện

Người đàn ông chệnh choạng bước đi trên con đường tối.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Staggering, unsteady, tottery: Describes a state of losing balance, swaying, or wobbling from side to side, often due to injury, intoxication, or weakness.
   • Unsteady, wobbly: Can describe the unstable or erratic movement or control of an object, such as a vehicle.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Người say rượu đi chệnh choạng. (The drunk person walks unsteadily.)
  • Bị trúng đạn, chiếc máy bay chệnh choạng. (Hit by a bullet, the plane staggered.)
  • Tay lái chệnh choạng. (The steering is unsteady.)

Advanced Usage

• The word vividly depicts a precarious, rocking motion and is often used to emphasize a lack of control or stability in movement.

Variants and Related Words

• Chuệch choạng (adj): A variant form with the same meaning of staggering or unsteady.
  • Anh ta bước đi chuệch choạng trong bóng tối. (He walked unsteadily in the dark.)

Synonyms

• Staggering: Walking or moving unsteadily as if about to fall.
• Tottering: Moving in a feeble or unsteady way.
• Wobbling: Moving unevenly from side to side.
• Reeling: Staggering or swaying violently.

Related Idioms

• While "chệnh choạng" itself is descriptive, it is commonly used in phrases like "đi chệnh choạng" (to walk unsteadily) to complete the imagery of staggering movement.

Học thuật

adj

1. Staggering, unsteady, tottery
   • đi chệnh choạng
     to stagger
   • bị trúng đạn, chiếc máy bay chệnh choạng
     hit by a bullet, the plane staggered
   • tay lái chệnh choạng
     unsteady steering