Definition

1. Adverbial phrase:
   • All year round; throughout the year: Refers to something that happens, exists, or is done continuously or repeatedly during the entire year, without seasonal interruption.

Usage Examples

• Adverbial phrase:
  • Thời tiết ở đây ấm áp quanh năm. (The weather here is warm all year round.)
  • Cô ấy làm việc chăm chỉ quanh năm. (She works hard throughout the year.)
  • Khu chợ này hoạt động quanh năm. (This market operates all year round.)

Advanced Usage

• Used to emphasize the continuous, unchanging, or perennial nature of a state or activity.
  • Vùng này tuyết phủ quanh năm. (This region is covered in snow year-round.)

Variants and Related Words

• Suốt năm (adverbial phrase): all year, the whole year. A close synonym with identical meaning and usage.

  • Anh ấy đi công tác suốt năm. (He is on business trips all year.)

• Cả năm (adverbial phrase): all year, the entire year. Often used similarly, but can sometimes imply a single, completed year period.

  • Dự án đó kéo dài cả năm. (That project lasted the entire year.)

Synonyms

• Perennially: in a way that lasts through the year or for many years.
• Year-round: happening, available, or used throughout the year.
• The whole year: for the entire duration of a year.

Related Idioms

• Quanh năm suốt tháng: An intensified form meaning "all year long, month after month," emphasizing constant, uninterrupted duration, often with a nuance of monotony or relentless effort.
  • Bà ấy tần tảo làm việc quanh năm suốt tháng. (She toils and works hard month after month, all year long.)