lạch đạch
Definition
- Adverb:
- Waddlingly, with a waddle: Describes the manner of walking heavily and clumsily, swaying from side to side, typically due to being overweight or having a bulky body shape, similar to a duck's gait.
Usage Examples
- Adverb:
- Anh ta béo đến nỗi đi lại lạch đạch. (He is so fat that he waddles when he walks.)
- Con vịt mẹ đi lạch đạch dẫn đàn con ra ao. (The mother duck waddled, leading her ducklings to the pond.)
Advanced Usage
- "lạch bạch": A variant with a very similar meaning and usage, often considered interchangeable with "lạch đạch".
- Sau khi ăn no, nó đi lạch bạch về phòng. (After eating a full meal, he waddled back to his room.)
Variants and Related Words
- Lạch bạch (adv): A synonym meaning to waddle or move clumsily and heavily.
- Lạch đà lạch đạch (adv, reduplicated form): An intensified form emphasizing the heavy, clumsy, waddling motion.
Synonyms
- Đi nặng nề: To walk heavily.
- Lặc lè: To waddle or toddle (often used for a child's unsteady walk, but can imply a similar side-to-side motion).
Notes on Usage
- lạch đạch is primarily an adverb describing the manner of movement. It is often used in a descriptive, sometimes humorous or mildly critical, context to depict an ungainly walk.
- The word is onomatopoeic, mimicking the sound or visual impression of a heavy, swaying gait.
- It is commonly used with verbs like "đi" (to go, to walk).
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to waddle
