Definition

Noun: * Fireworks: Pyrotechnic devices designed to produce visual and auditory effects for entertainment, typically during celebrations. The term specifically refers to the type that explodes in the air to create colorful patterns.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Tối giao thừa, mọi người cùng nhau ngắm pháo bông. (On New Year's Eve, everyone watches the fireworks together.)
  • Thành phố sẽ bắn pháo bông vào lúc 9 giờ tối. (The city will set off fireworks at 9 PM.)
  • Âm thanh của pháo bông rất lớn. (The sound of fireworks is very loud.)

Advanced Usage

• "bắn pháo bông": to set off / to shoot off fireworks.
  • Họ bắn pháo bông để mừng chiến thắng. (They set off fireworks to celebrate the victory.)
• "màn pháo bông": a fireworks display/show.
  • Màn pháo bông tối nay thật ngoạn mục. (Tonight's fireworks display is truly spectacular.)

Variants and Related Words

• Pháo hoa (noun): This is the more formal or standard term with the same meaning as "pháo bông". "Pháo bông" is very common in spoken language.
  • Lễ hội có màn trình diễn pháo hoa. (The festival has a fireworks performance.)
• Pháo sáng (noun): flare (a pyrotechnic device producing a bright light for illumination or signaling, not for colorful entertainment).
• Pháo (noun): firecracker (a small explosive device, often on a string).

Synonyms

• Fireworks (English equivalent).
• Pyrotechnics (a more technical term for fireworks or their art).

Related Idioms/Phrases

• "Đẹp như pháo bông": As beautiful as fireworks (used to describe something very beautiful but often brief or fleeting).
  • Tình yêu của họ đẹp như pháo bông. (Their love was as beautiful as fireworks [implying short-lived].)

noun

1. fireworks