Definition

1. Noun:
   • Festive day, festival, festivities: A day or period of celebration, often marked by public events, joy, and special activities. It refers to the occasion itself.
   • A day of great joy and activity: Can be used metaphorically to describe any day or situation that is exceptionally lively, happy, and bustling, similar to a festival.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Ngày mai là ngày hội của trường. (Tomorrow is the school festival day.)
  • Không khí náo nhiệt như ngày hội. (The atmosphere is as bustling as a festival.)
  • Làng tôi tổ chức ngày hội mùa xuân hàng năm. (My village holds a spring festival every year.)

Advanced Usage

• "Vui như ngày hội": (As merry/happy as a festival) An idiom used to describe a scene or atmosphere of extreme joy and excitement.

  • Bọn trẻ chạy nhảy, cười đùa vui như ngày hội. (The children ran around, laughing and playing, as merry as during a festival.)

• "Cả ngày hội": (The whole festival) Can imply a large, complete, or typical set of festive activities or elements.

  • Anh ấy mang đến cả ngày hội ẩm thực. (He brought the whole food festival with him.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hội (n): Festival, fair, association. A related root word.

  • Hội chợ: Fair.
  • Lễ hội: Festival (often with ceremonial aspects).

• Ngày lễ (n): Holiday, celebration day. A close synonym but can be more formal or religious.

  • Ngày lễ Quốc khánh: National Day holiday.

Synonyms

• Lễ hội: Festival, celebration (often a compound of ceremony and festivity).
• Ngày vui: Day of joy (a more general term).
• Tết: Traditional Lunar New Year festival (a specific, major festival).

Related Phrases

• Khai hội: To open/inaugurate a festival.

  • Lễ khai hội sẽ bắt đầu lúc 8 giờ sáng. (The festival opening ceremony will start at 8 a.m.)

• Dự hội: To attend a festival.

  • Hàng nghìn người đổ về thành phố để dự hội. (Thousands of people flock to the city to attend the festival.)

Related Idioms

• "Đông như hội": (Crowded as a festival) Used to describe a place that is very crowded.
  • Chợ hoa Tết đông như hội. (The Tet flower market is as crowded as a festival.)

1. Festive day, festival, festivities
   • Ngày hội đền Hùng
     The Hung Festival (in commemoration of Vietnam's fouding fathers)
   • Vui như ngày hội ở làng
     As merry as village festivities