Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Densely packed; impenetrably thick: Describes a state where things or people are so numerous and closely packed together that they form a solid, almost unbroken mass, leaving little to no space or gaps. It emphasizes extreme density and congestion.
   • Deeply or intensely (of a color or substance): Describes a color, substance, or accumulation that is so thick, concentrated, or profuse that it appears uniform and unbroken, often with a sense of overwhelming abundance.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Chợ đông nghịt những người. (The market was densely packed/densely crowded with people.)
  • Ruồi bám đen nghịt đống rác. (The flies clung to the garbage heap, making it deep/intensely black.)
  • Khói đen nghịt bốc lên từ đám cháy. (Deep, thick black smoke billowed from the fire.)

Advanced Usage

• "nghìn nghịt" (reduplicative form, meaning intensified): Very dense; extremely thick; teeming.
  • Phố đi bộ nghìn nghịt người vào cuối tuần. (The pedestrian street is teeming/swarming with people on the weekend.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đông nghịt (adj phrase): Densely crowded; packed with people.

  • Ga tàu lúc nào cũng đông nghịt. (The train station is always densely crowded.)

• Đen nghịt (adj phrase): Deep black; intensely black; black and thick.

  • Bầu trời đen nghịt trước cơn bão. (The sky was deep black before the storm.)

Synonyms

• Dense: Closely compacted in substance.
• Packed: Extremely crowded.
• Teeming: Swarming with; abundantly filled.
• Impenetrable: Impossible to pass through or see through.
• Thick: With a great distance between opposite surfaces; dense.

Related Idioms

• Đặc nghịt (less common variant): Packed solid; crammed full.
  • Căn phòng đặc nghịt đồ đạc cũ. (The room was crammed full of old furniture.)

1. Dense, deep
   • Chợ đông nghịt những người
     The market was densely crowded with people
   • Ruồi bám đen nghịt đống rác
     The heap of garbage was deep black with flies
   • Nghìn nghịt (láy, ý tăng)
     Very dense, very deep