nhoáng
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Definition
Adjective:
- Flash-like; gleaming: Describes a very brief, sudden, and bright appearance of light, like a flash or a sparkle.
- Very brief; momentary: Describes an extremely short period of time, an instant.
Adverb:
- In a flash; in an instant: Used to describe an action that happens with extreme speed, almost instantaneously.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- Ánh đèn nhoáng lên trong đêm. (A light flashed in the night.)
- Đó chỉ là một ý nghĩ nhoáng qua. (It was just a fleeting thought.)
Adverb:
- Nhoáng một cái, anh ấy đã xong việc. (In a flash, he was finished with the work.)
- Chiếc xe nhoáng qua trước mặt tôi. (The car flashed past in front of me.)
Advanced Usage
"chớp nhoáng": lightning-fast, instantaneous. This is a common compound.
- Cuộc tấn công chớp nhoáng. (A lightning-fast attack.)
Used descriptively to modify verbs of movement or appearance to emphasize extreme speed.
- Một bóng đen nhoáng qua cửa sổ. (A dark shadow flashed past the window.)
Variants and Related Words
Nhoang nhoáng (adj): A reduplicated form emphasizing a repeated or shimmering flashing or gleaming.
- Ánh sáng nhoang nhoáng dưới nước. (The light shimmered under the water.)
Loáng (adj/adv): A near-synonym meaning flash, gleam, or instantly. Often used interchangeably in some contexts.
- Loáng một cái đã xong. (It was done in an instant.)
Synonyms
- Flash: a sudden brief burst of bright light.
- Instantaneous: occurring or done in an instant.
- Fleeting: lasting for a very short time.
Related Idioms
Chớp nhoáng: (as above) used figuratively to describe any action or event that happens with blinding speed.
- Chiến dịch chớp nhoáng. (A blitzkrieg campaign.)
Thoáng/nhoáng qua: to flash by, to pass fleetingly (often used for thoughts or sights).
- Một ký ức nhoáng qua trong tâm trí cô. (A memory flashed through her mind.)
- Flash
- Chớp nhoángThere was a flash of lightning
- Nhoáng một cái biến đâu mấtTo vanish in a flash