Definition

Adjective: - Loud and resonant, booming: Describes a sound, especially a voice, that is very loud, clear, and carries over a long distance. It often implies a lack of restraint or consideration for the surrounding quiet.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ấy nói chuyện điện thoại oang oang trong thư viện. (He was talking on the phone booming loudly in the library.)
  • Tiếng loa phát thanh vang lên oang oang khắp làng. (The sound from the loudspeaker echoed loudly and clearly throughout the village.)
  • Đừng hát oang oang thế, em bé đang ngủ. (Don't sing so loudly and resonantly, the baby is sleeping.)

Advanced Usage

• Used to describe an imposing or unrestrained manner: Can imply that the loudness is somewhat brash, intrusive, or lacking in subtlety.
  • Ông chủ mới phát biểu oang oang về tầm nhìn của mình. (The new boss declared his vision in a booming, unrestrained voice.)

Variants and Related Words

• Oang (adj): The root word, meaning loud and resonant. "Oang oang" is the reduplicative form (láy), which intensifies the meaning.
  • Giọng nói oang vang của ông ấy khiến mọi người chú ý. (His resonant voice made everyone pay attention.)

Synonyms

• Vang vang: Resonant, ringing (can be slightly less intense or more melodic than "oang oang").
• Ầm ĩ: Noisy, clamorous (emphasizes the disruptive noise rather than the resonant quality).
• To tiếng: In a loud voice (focuses on volume, not necessarily resonance or distance).

Related Idioms/Phrases

• Nói oang oang như đấm vào tai: To speak booming loudly as if punching someone's ears. (An idiom emphasizing the unpleasant, intrusive loudness.)
  • Anh ta cứ nói oang oang như đấm vào tai, chẳng ai nghe được gì. (He kept talking booming loudly as if punching our ears, nobody could hear anything else.)

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