Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Lavish, profligate, very extravagant: Describes the characteristic of spending money or using resources in a wasteful, excessive, and unrestrained manner, often without careful thought or necessity.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ấy có lối sống hoang toàng. (He has a lavish lifestyle.)
  • Việc tiêu pha hoang toàng đã khiến anh ta nhanh chóng hết tiền. (His profligate spending caused him to run out of money quickly.)
  • Bữa tiệc được tổ chức một cách hoang toàng. (The party was organized in a very extravagant way.)

Advanced Usage

• "sống hoang toàng": to live lavishly/extravagantly.

  • Sau khi trúng số, họ bắt đầu sống một cuộc sống hoang toàng. (After winning the lottery, they started living a lavish life.)

• "hoang toàng phung phí": This is a reinforcing phrase meaning "extremely wasteful and extravagant".

  • Thói quen hoang toàng phung phí của ông chủ khiến công ty gặp khó khăn. (The boss's extremely wasteful and extravagant habits put the company in difficulty.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hoang phí (adj, v): Wasteful; to waste. This word focuses more on the aspect of wastefulness rather than the ostentatious excess implied by "hoang toàng".

  • Đừng hoang phí thức ăn. (Don't waste food.)

• Xa xỉ (adj): Luxurious. This word emphasizes luxury and high cost, not necessarily the negative connotation of wastefulness found in "hoang toàng".

  • Cô ấy thích những món đồ xa xỉ. (She likes luxurious items.)

Synonyms

• Phung phí: To squander, to waste.
• Xa xỉ: Luxurious, extravagant (often with a less negative connotation).
• Bừa bãi: Reckless, slovenly (can refer to behavior or spending).

Related Idioms

• "Tiền tiêu như nước": (To spend money like water) - An idiom describing very fast and careless spending, similar to "hoang toàng".

  • Anh ta tiêu tiền như nước nên chẳng bao giờ có khoản tiết kiệm nào. (He spends money like water, so he never has any savings.)

• "Vung tay quá trán": (To throw one's hand over one's forehead) - An idiom meaning to spend excessively beyond one's means.

  • Cô ấy có thói quen vung tay quá trán mỗi khi đi mua sắm. (She has a habit of spending excessively every time she goes shopping.)

1. Lavish, profligate, very extravagant
   • Tiêu pha hoang toàng
     To spend lavishly (very extravagantly)