quạnh
Definition
- Adjective:
- Desolate, lonely, bleak: Describes a place that is empty, uninhabited, and evokes a feeling of solitude and melancholy. It implies a vast, quiet, and often sad emptiness.
- Isolated, remote: Refers to a place that is far from populated areas, secluded, and cut off.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Cánh đồng trông thật quạnh. (The field looks truly desolate.)
- Con đường làng vắng quạnh. (The village road is lonely and empty.)
- Không gian yên tĩnh và quạnh. (The space is quiet and bleak.)
Advanced Usage
- The word "quạnh" is often used in literary or poetic contexts to create a strong mood of solitude and emptiness. It is less common in everyday speech than its synonym "vắng".
- It frequently appears in the fixed, idiomatic phrase "đồng không mông quạnh", which vividly describes a vast, empty, and deserted field or plain.
Variants and Related Words
Quạnh quẽ (adj): An intensified form meaning very lonely, desolate, and forlorn.
- Căn nhà bỏ hoang trông quạnh quẽ. (The abandoned house looks forlorn.)
Quạnh hiu (adj): Describes a lonely, quiet, and somewhat sad atmosphere.
- Tiếng gió thổi quạnh hiu. (The wind blew with a lonely sound.)
Synonyms
- Desolate: Empty and giving an impression of bleak, joyless emptiness.
- Lonely: Unfrequented and remote; without companions.
- Bleak: Lacking in warmth, life, or kindliness; exposed and barren.
- Isolated: Far away from other places, buildings, or people; remote.
Related Idioms
- Đồng không mông quạnh: A vast, empty, and deserted expanse; the middle of nowhere.
- Họ lạc vào một nơi đồng không mông quạnh. (They got lost in a vast, deserted expanse / in the middle of nowhere.)
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(ít dùng) Desert
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Đồng không mông quạnhEmpty and desert fields
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