Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Loud and resonant (of a voice or sound): Describes a sound, typically a human voice, that is very loud, clear, and carries over a distance with a powerful, ringing quality.
   • Booming or stentorian: Characterizes a voice that is impressively powerful and full, often used for commands or public speaking.

2. Adjective (reduplicative form):

   • "oang oang": A reduplicated form that intensifies the meaning, emphasizing a very loud, echoing, and powerfully resonant sound.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Giọng nói của thầy hiệu trưởng rất oang. (The principal's voice is very loud and resonant.)
  • Tiếng loa vang lên oang oang khắp sân trường. (The loudspeaker's sound boomed loudly across the schoolyard.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "oang" is often used in its reduplicated form "oang oang" to create a more vivid auditory image and to intensify the quality of the sound.
  • Ông ấy nói oang oang không cần micro. (He speaks booming loudly without needing a microphone.)

Variants and Related Words

• Vang oang (phrase): To echo or resound loudly.
  • Tiếng chuông vang oang trong không gian tĩnh lặng. (The bell resounded loudly in the quiet space.)

Synonyms

• Loud: Producing much volume.
• Resonant: Deep, clear, and continuing to sound.
• Booming: Loud, deep, and hollow in sound.
• Stentorian: (Formal) Extremely loud and powerful.

Related Idioms

• Nói oang oang như lệnh vỡ: To speak as loudly and authoritatively as a broken gong (a simile from the traditional reference); to speak in a very loud, commanding, and sometimes brash manner.
  • Anh chỉ huy nói oang oang như lệnh vỡ khiến mọi người im bặt. (The commander spoke with stentorian authority, causing everyone to fall silent.)

1. Loud and powerful (of voice)
   • Oang oang (láy, ý tăng) Stentorian