Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Consecutive; successive: Following one after another in an unbroken sequence or order.
   • Continuous; uninterrupted: Happening without a pause or break.

2. Adverb:

   • Continuously; successively: In a manner that occurs one after another without interruption.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Anh ấy vắng mặt ba ngày liên tiếp. (He was absent for three consecutive days.)
  • Thành phố hứng chịu những trận mưa lớn liên tiếp. (The city endured continuous heavy rains.)

• Adverb:

  • Chuông điện thoại reo liên tiếp. (The telephone rang continuously.)
  • Đội bóng giành chiến thắng liên tiếp. (The football team won successively.)

Advanced Usage

• Used to describe events, actions, or states that form an unbroken chain.
  • Tình trạng hạn hán liên tiếp đã ảnh hưởng nghiêm trọng đến mùa màng. (The successive drought conditions have severely affected the harvest.)

Variants and Related Words

• Liên tục (adj/adv): Continuous; continually. Often used interchangeably with "liên tiếp" but can imply a more constant, flowing nature rather than a sequence of distinct events.
  • Dòng sông chảy liên tục. (The river flows continuously.)

Synonyms

• Consecutive: Following in uninterrupted sequence.
• Successive: Following one another in order.
• Continuous: Uninterrupted in time.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Liên tiếp không ngừng: Continuously without stopping.
  • Các cuộc gọi đến liên tiếp không ngừng. (The incoming calls were continuous and non-stop.)

adj

1. continuous
   • liên tỉnh

noun

1. interprovince