Definition

1. Noun:
   • Rocket: A cylindrical projectile that can be propelled to a great height or distance by the combustion of its contents, used for propulsion, as a weapon, or for fireworks and signals.
   • Missile: An object which is forcibly propelled at a target, typically a weapon designed to be self-propelled and guided.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Nước đó vừa phóng thử một tên lửa hoả tiễn mới. (That country just test-launched a new rocket missile.)
  • Hoả tiễn đã đánh trúng mục tiêu. (The missile hit the target.)
  • Trình diễn pháo hoa có những chùm hoả tiễn rất đẹp. (The fireworks display had very beautiful rocket bursts.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "hoả tiễn" is often used in a military or technological context. In modern Vietnamese, "tên lửa" is a more common synonym, and the two are frequently combined as "tên lửa hoả tiễn" for emphasis or formality.
• "Hoả tiễn đạn đạo": ballistic missile.
  • Hoả tiễn đạn đạo có thể mang đầu đạn hạt nhân. (A ballistic missile can carry a nuclear warhead.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tên lửa (n): The more standard and frequently used modern term for rocket or missile.
  • Tên lửa vũ trụ (space rocket).
• Rốc-két (n): A direct phonetic loanword from English "rocket," often used in casual contexts.
• Tên lửa hoả tiễn (n): A compound term combining both words for added specificity or rhetorical weight.

Synonyms

• Rocket: A non-guided, self-propelled vehicle or projectile.
• Missile: A guided weapon system.
• Projectile: An object propelled through the air.

Related Idioms

• While there are few direct idioms with "hoả tiễn," it can appear in figurative expressions describing great speed or direct impact.
  • Nhanh như hoả tiễn: As fast as a rocket.

    • Anh ta chạy nhanh như hoả tiễn. (He ran as fast as a rocket.)

1. Rocket, missile