ngút

Khói bếp ngút lên trên mái nhà.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To rise high (of smoke, steam, or dust): To ascend or billow upwards in a tall, often dense, column. This is the primary and most common usage.
   • To be immense / to stretch far (figurative): Used figuratively to describe something of great magnitude, intensity, or extent, such as anger or a vast field.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Khói từ đám cháy ngút lên trời. (Smoke from the fire billowed high into the sky.)
  • Cơn giận trong anh ấy ngút lên. (The anger within him rose intensely.)
  • Cánh đồng ngút tầm mắt. (The field stretched as far as the eye could see.)

Advanced Usage

• "ngút ngàn": An alliterative phrase emphasizing vastness or immense extent, often used for landscapes or emotions.
  • Nỗi nhớ nhà ngút ngàn. (Homesickness was immense.)
  • Đồng lúa ngút ngàn. (The rice fields are vast and endless.)

Variants and Related Words

• Ngùn ngụt (adj/adv): Burning fiercely or billowing thickly and strongly (often for flames or smoke).
  • Lửa cháy ngùn ngụt. (The fire was blazing fiercely.)

Synonyms

• Billow: To rise or roll in large waves (for smoke, cloud).
• Soar: To fly or rise high.
• Tower: To reach a great height.

Related Idioms

• Ngút trời: Literally "reaching the sky," used to describe something of extreme height or intensity.
  • Khói đen ngút trời. (Black smoke towered to the sky.)
• Ngút ngàn tầm mắt: As far as the eye can see; describing an extremely wide, open space.
  • Cánh đồng hoa ngút ngàn tầm mắt. (The flower field stretched beyond the horizon.)