Definition

1. 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

1. delicious; tasty; succulent
   • cái bánh ngon làm sao!
     What a delicious cake!