Definition

1. Verb:

   • To spurt, to gush, to jet: To eject a liquid, gas, or flame suddenly, forcefully, and quickly in a stream.
   • To go out suddenly: To be extinguished abruptly, often with a slight sound or puff.

2. Onomatopoeia / Ideophone:

   • Describes a sudden, forceful, and often brief sound or action, such as a sputtering, puffing, or whooshing sound.

Usage Examples

• Verb:

  • Nước phụt lên từ vòi. (Water gushed/jetted from the hose.)
  • Ngọn nến tắt phụt. (The candle went out with a puff.)
  • Ống khói phụt khói đen. (The chimney belched black smoke.)

• Onomatopoeia:

  • Gió thổi phụt làm tắt đèn. (The wind blew with a whoosh and put out the lamp.)
  • Lửa cháy phùn phụt. (The fire burned with a strong sputtering sound.)

Advanced Usage

• Often used in its reduplicated form "phùn phụt" to emphasize a repeated, noisy sputtering or spitting action, typically for flames, engines, or gases.
  • Chiếc xe máy cũ nổ phùn phụt. (The old motorbike backfired with sputtering sounds.)

Variants and Related Words

• Phụt ra (v): To spurt out, to eject.
  • Đường ống bị vỡ phụt ra dầu. (The broken pipeline spurted out oil.)

Synonyms

• Spurt / Gush: To flow out suddenly and forcefully.
• Jet: To stream out in a narrow, fast flow.
• Sputter: To make a series of soft, explosive sounds.

Related Idioms

• Tắt phụt: To be snuffed out suddenly (literally and figuratively).
  • Hy vọng của họ tắt phụt như ngọn nến. (Their hope was snuffed out like a candle.)

1. Eject, gush, spout, jet
2. Strongly and fast
   • Gió thổi phụt làm tắt đèn
     The wind blew strongly and fast and put out the lamp
   • Phùn phụt (láy)
     Strong sputtering sound
   • Lửa cháy phùn phụt
     The fire burned with strong sputtering sounds