dông

Thân thiện

Một cơn dông ập đến với mưa lớn và sấm chớp trên cánh đồng.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Storm; thunderstorm: A complex atmospheric phenomenon occurring mainly from April to October (especially June-August), characterized by heavy rain, strong gusts of wind, lightning, and thunder.

Usage

• The word dông is used primarily as a noun to describe a specific type of weather event.
• It is a common term in weather forecasts and everyday conversation about weather in Vietnam.

Examples

• Noun:
  • Trời sắp có dông. (A storm is coming.)
  • Cơn dông chiều qua rất mạnh. (Yesterday afternoon's thunderstorm was very strong.)
  • Hãy cẩn thận với sấm sét trong cơn dông. (Be careful of the lightning and thunder in the storm.)

Advanced Usage

• "dông tố": storm, tempest (a more literary or intense variant).
  • Con thuyền phải chống chọi với cơn dông tố. (The boat had to battle the tempest.)
• "nổi dông": for a storm to arise/break out.
  • Trời bỗng nhiên nổi dông. (A storm suddenly broke out.)

Variants and Related Words

• Dông bão (n): storm, typhoon (often implies a larger, more severe storm system).
• Giông (n): A common alternate spelling and pronunciation of dông, with the same meaning.

Synonyms

• Bão (n): storm, typhoon (generally larger and more destructive than a dông).
• Giông tố (n): storm, squall (similar to dông tố).

Related Idioms and Phrases

• (Chạy) như tránh dông: (To run) as if avoiding a storm; to flee quickly.
  • Nghe tin, mọi người chạy như tránh dông. (Upon hearing the news, everyone ran as if avoiding a storm.)
• Dông tố cuộc đời: The storms of life (a metaphorical use).
  • Anh ấy đã trải qua nhiều dông tố cuộc đời. (He has been through many storms of life.)

Học thuật

noun

1. storm; thunderstorm