rống
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Definition
- Verb:
- To bellow: To emit a deep, loud cry, typically used for large mammals like cattle, deer, or elephants.
- To roar: To make a full, deep, prolonged cry, often associated with lions or other big cats.
- To howl / To wail: To cry or scream loudly and forcefully, often used for people, especially children crying uncontrollably.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Con trâu rống lên. (The buffalo bellowed.)
- Sư tử rống vang trong rừng. (The lion roared loudly in the forest.)
- Đứa trẻ khóc rống lên. (The child wailed.)
Advanced Usage
- "rống lên": to let out a bellow/roar/how; to suddenly cry out loudly.
- Nghe tin đó, anh ta đau đớn rống lên. (Hearing that news, he let out a pained howl.)
Variants and Related Words
- Gầm rống (v): to roar thunderously (often for engines, crowds, or storms).
- Động cơ máy bay gầm rống. (The airplane engine roared.)
- Rú (v): to shriek, to screech (often higher-pitched than "rống").
- Còi xe cứu thương rú lên. (The ambulance siren shrieked.)
Synonyms
- Bellow: For cattle, deer, elephants.
- Roar: For lions, tigers, engines, crowds.
- Howl: For wolves, wind, or people in anguish.
- Wail: For prolonged, high-pitched crying.
Related Idioms
- Khóc như ri: to cry one's eyes out; to wail incessantly. (This idiom uses a regional word "ri" but conveys a similar intense crying as "khóc rống").
- Đứa bé khóc như ri. (The baby cried its eyes out.)