quày quã

Người đàn ông quày quã bước đi khi nghe tiếng gọi.

Definition

1. Adverb:
   • To turn away abruptly and immediately: Describes the action of spinning or whirling around suddenly and hastily, often to face a different direction.
   • To swivel sharply: Implies a quick, decisive rotational movement, typically of the body or head.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • Nghe tiếng gọi, cô ấy quày quã lại. (Hearing the call, she turned around abruptly.)
  • Anh quày quã đi mà không nói một lời. (He swiveled sharply and left without a word.)

Advanced Usage

• The word is often used in literary or descriptive contexts to vividly depict a sudden change in orientation or attention, conveying a sense of urgency or surprise.

Variants and Related Words

• Quay (v): to turn, to rotate.

  • Anh ấy quay mặt đi chỗ khác. (He turned his face away.)

• Quay phắt (adv): to turn sharply/suddenly (similar in meaning but slightly less emphatic than "quày quã").

  • Nó quay phắt lại nhìn tôi. (It turned sharply to look at me.)

Synonyms

• To whirl around: to turn around very quickly.
• To spin around: to rotate swiftly.
• To pivot sharply: to turn decisively on a central point.

Related Idioms

• While "quày quã" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, its meaning contributes to the imagery in descriptive phrases about sudden movement or reaction.