ngon
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Delicious; tasty: Used to describe food or drink that has a very pleasant and enjoyable flavor.
- Good; satisfying: Can describe other things that provide a pleasant, agreeable, or high-quality experience, such as sleep.
- Easy; smooth (colloquial): Used informally to describe a task or situation that is easy to handle or advantageous.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Phở này rất ngon. (This pho is very delicious.)
- Chúc bạn có một giấc ngủ ngon. (I wish you a good sleep.)
- Công việc đó ngon thôi, không khó đâu. (That job is easy, not difficult at all.)
Advanced Usage
"ngon lành": An emphatic or more casual form of "ngon," often conveying a sense of something being very good, tasty, or favorable.
- Bữa tối hôm nay ngon lành quá! (Tonight's dinner was so delicious!)
- Việc đã xong ngon lành rồi. (The work was finished smoothly and satisfactorily.)
"ngon ngọt": Literally "sweet and tasty," used to describe sweet flavors or, figuratively, sweet-sounding but often insincere words.
- Lời nói ngon ngọt. (Sweet-talking words.)
Variants and Related Words
- Ngon miệng (adj): tasty, palatable (specifically pleasing to the taste).
- Món canh rất ngon miệng. (The soup is very palatable.)
Synonyms
- Delicious: Highly pleasant to the taste.
- Tasty: Having a good flavor.
- Savory: Pleasant or agreeable to taste (often for non-sweet foods).
- Good: Of high quality or satisfactory.
Related Idioms
Ngon như cơm mẹ nấu: As delicious as a mother's cooked rice (meaning extremely delicious, often with a sense of homey comfort).
- Bát canh cá này ngon như cơm mẹ nấu. (This fish soup is as delicious as a mother's cooking.)
Ăn ngon nói ngọt: To eat well and speak sweetly (to live comfortably and use flattering words).
- Cứ ăn ngon nói ngọt thì ai cũng mến. (If you live well and speak sweetly, everyone will like you.)
adj
- delicious; tasty; succulent
- cái bánh ngon làm sao!What a delicious cake!