Definition

Adjective: - Dense with; teeming with; full of: Describes a place or situation that is very crowded or packed with a large number of people, animals, or things, creating a sense of bustling abundance.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Ngày chủ nhật ngoài phố đầy ngôn ngổn những người. (The streets are dense with people on Sundays.)
  • Chợ Tết ngôn ngổn những người mua bán. (The Tet market is teeming with buyers and sellers.)
  • Sân bay ngôn ngổn hành khách vào giờ cao điểm. (The airport is packed with passengers during peak hours.)

Advanced Usage

• "ngôn ngổn" is primarily used in written Vietnamese or formal descriptive speech to vividly convey overcrowding. It is often paired with words like (full of) or to modify nouns like (people), (vehicles).

Variants and Related Words

• Đông nghịt (adj): Packed, swarming (similar meaning but more common in everyday speech).

  • Quán cà phê đông nghịt khách. (The coffee shop is packed with customers.)

• Chen chúc (v): To jostle, to crowd together.

  • Mọi người chen chúc nhau trong thang máy. (People jostle each other in the elevator.)

Synonyms

• Teeming: Abundantly filled with.
• Swarming: Moving in or forming a large, dense crowd.
• Packed: Extremely crowded.
• Bustling: Full of lively activity and people.

Related Idioms

• Đông như kiến: As crowded as ants (an idiom for extreme crowding).

  • Lễ hội đông như kiến. (The festival is as crowded as ants.)

• Chật ních: Crammed full, jam-packed.

  • Con phố chật ních người qua lại. (The street is jam-packed with people coming and going.)

1. Dense with
   • Ngày chủ nhật ngoài phố đầy ngôn ngổn những người
     The streets are dense with people on Sundays