tân kỳ
Definition
- Adjective:
- Newfangled; novel; modern: Describes something that is newly created, fashionable, or employs the latest ideas and styles, often with a connotation of being strikingly or unusually modern compared to the old.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Phong cách kiến trúc này trông rất tân kỳ. (This architectural style looks very newfangled.)
- Anh ấy luôn thích những đồ dùng tân kỳ. (He always likes novel gadgets.)
- Ý tưởng đó nghe có vẻ tân kỳ nhưng khó thực hiện. (That idea sounds modern but is hard to implement.)
Advanced Usage
- The word can sometimes carry a slightly negative or skeptical nuance, implying something is modern in a flashy, unnecessary, or untested way, similar to "newfangled" in English.
- Đừng ham những thứ tân kỳ mà không thực dụng. (Don't crave newfangled things that aren't practical.)
Variants and Related Words
- Tân thời (adj): Modern, contemporary. Often used more neutrally than .
- Trang phục tân thời (modern clothing).
Synonyms
- Mới lạ: New and strange.
- Hiện đại: Modern.
- Cách tân: Innovative, reformed.
Related Idioms
- While not a direct idiom, is often used in the phrase "của tân kỳ" (newfangled things/objects).
- Cửa hàng đầy những của tân kỳ. (The shop is full of newfangled objects.)
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