Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Completely empty, completely hollow, completely void: Describes a state of having absolutely nothing inside, either physically or metaphorically. It emphasizes total emptiness or lack of substance.
   • Showing a lack of significant content or intelligence: Used to describe speech, writing, or a person's mind that is devoid of meaningful ideas, substance, or cleverness.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Túi rỗng tuếch. (A completely empty bag.)
  • Câu văn rỗng tuếch. (A completely hollow sentence.)
  • Đầu óc rỗng tuếch. (A completely empty head / A mind utterly devoid of ideas.)

Advanced Usage

• "rỗng tuếch rỗng toác": An intensified form of "rỗng tuếch," meaning "utterly and completely empty." It is used for stronger emphasis.
  • Căn phòng rỗng tuếch rỗng toác, chẳng còn một món đồ. (The room was utterly and completely empty, not a single item remained.)

Variants and Related Words

• Rỗng (adj): Empty, hollow. This is the root word, while "rỗng tuếch" is a more emphatic form.
  • Cái hộp rỗng. (The box is empty.)
• Rỗng toác (adj): Another emphatic variant similar to "rỗng tuếch," meaning "gaping empty" or "completely void."
  • Chiếc túi rỗng toác. (The bag is gapingly empty.)

Synonyms

• Trống rỗng (adj): Empty, vacant (often used for both physical and abstract emptiness).
• Trống không (adj): Empty, bare.
• Vô nghĩa (adj): Meaningless, nonsensical (specifically for lack of content/meaning).

Related Idioms

• (Đầu óc) rỗng tuếch như cái trống: (A mind) as empty as a drum. This idiom vividly compares an empty mind to a hollow drum.
  • Nó chẳng trả lời được câu nào, đầu óc rỗng tuếch như cái trống. (He couldn't answer a single question; his mind was as empty as a drum.)

1. Completely empty, completely hollow, completely void
   • Túi rỗng tuếch
     A completely empty bag
   • Câu văn rỗng tuếch
     A completely hollow sentence
   • Đầu óc rỗng tuếch
     A completely empty head
   • Rỗng tuếch rỗng toác, như rỗng tuếch (ý mạnh hơn)