cạch

Thân thiện

Cánh cửa sập lại đánh cạch một tiếng.

Definition

1. Interjection:

   • A clattering or sharp tapping sound: An onomatopoeic word used to imitate a short, sharp, often hard sound, like a knock, a click, or a clatter.

2. Verb (colloquial, limited use):

   • To give up, to quit (out of fear or disgust): To completely stop doing something, often permanently, because one is afraid of it or has developed a strong aversion to it.
   • To make a clattering sound: To produce a repeated, sharp, rattling noise.

Usage Examples

• Interjection:

  • Gõ cửa đánh cạch một cái. (He knocked on the door with a sharp tap.)
  • Nghe tiếng cạch khi đặt ly xuống bàn. (Hear the clink when placing the glass on the table.)

• Verb:

  • Từ lần say đó, tôi cạch rượu đến già. (Since that time I got drunk, I gave up alcohol for good.)
  • Thợ mộc cạch cạch cả buổi. (The carpenter clattered away all afternoon.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "cạch" is most commonly found in specific fixed phrases or as a reduplicated form ("cành cạch") to emphasize a continuous or repetitive clattering sound.
  • Tiếng đục đẽo cành cạch suốt ngày. (The sound of chiseling clattered all day long.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cành cạch (onomatopoeia): A reduplicated form indicating a continuous or repeated clattering, tapping, or clicking sound.
  • Máy chữ kêu cành cạch. (The typewriter went clackety-clack.)

Synonyms

• Interjection: Clack, click, tap, clatter.
• Verb (to give up): Quit, forsake, swear off.
• Verb (to clatter): Rattle, clack.

Related Idioms

• Cạch đến già: To give up (something) for the rest of one's life; to swear off something forever.

  • Sợ tăng cân, chị ấy cạch đến già đồ ngọt. (Afraid of gaining weight, she swore off sweets for good.)

• Đỏ cạch: A dull, faded, or lackluster red color.

  • Bức tường sơn đỏ cạch trông rất cũ. (The wall painted in dull red looks very old.)

Học thuật

1. (dùng hạn chế trong một vài tổ hợp) Dull
   • đỏ cạch
     dull red

verb

1. To give up (vì sợ hoặc vì ghe't)
   • cạch đến già
     to give up for all the rest of one's life
2. To clatter
   • gõ cạch một cái xuống bàn
     to give a clattering knock on the table
   • đục đẽo cành cạch cả ngày
     to make a continuous clatter the whole day with one's chiselling and whittling