Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Splendid, resplendent, magnificent: Describes something that is extremely impressive, beautiful, or brilliant in appearance, often due to richness, grandeur, or intense brightness.
   • Glorious, illustrious: Describes an abstract concept (like an era, achievement, or civilization) that has reached a peak of excellence, value, or admiration.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cung điện trông thật huy hoàng dưới ánh đèn. (The palace looks truly splendid under the lights.)
  • Họ đã xây dựng một nền văn minh huy hoàng. (They built a glorious civilization.)
  • Tương lai huy hoàng đang chờ đợi phía trước. (A bright/resplendent future awaits ahead.)

Advanced Usage

• "huy hoàng rực rỡ": A common reinforcing phrase meaning "dazzlingly splendid" or "resplendently brilliant."
  • Sự nghiệp của ông ấy thật huy hoàng rực rỡ. (His career is truly dazzlingly glorious.)
• Used to describe the peak or zenith of an abstract period.
  • Thời kỳ huy hoàng của đế chế La Mã. (The glorious period of the Roman Empire.)

Variants and Related Words

• Huy hoàng is primarily used as an adjective. There is no direct verb or noun form of this exact word.
• Sự huy hoàng (noun phrase): The state or quality of being splendid/glorious.
  • Sự huy hoàng của kinh đô cổ. (The splendor of the ancient capital.)
• Rực rỡ (adj): Brilliant, bright, dazzling. Often used similarly or together with .
• Nguy nga (adj): Majestic, grandiose (often for architecture). Can be synonymous in some contexts.

Synonyms

• Lộng lẫy: Magnificent, gorgeous (often for visual beauty).
• Tráng lệ: Majestic, magnificent.
• Vinh quang: Glorious (often connoting honor and victory).

Related Idioms and Phrases

• "Một thời huy hoàng": A glorious/illustrious past era.
  • Họ nhớ về một thời huy hoàng đã qua. (They remember a bygone glorious age.)
• "Tương lai huy hoàng": A bright/resplendent future. A common aspirational phrase.
  • Chúc bạn một tương lai huy hoàng. (Wishing you a bright and splendid future.)

adj

1. splendid, resplendent