Definition

Adverb: - In rapid succession; one after another in quick, relentless succession: Describes actions, events, or things arriving or occurring continuously and densely, without pause, creating a sense of being overwhelmed. - Incessantly; non-stop: Indicates a high frequency and intensity of occurrence, often in a manner that is difficult to manage or keep up with.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • Khách hàng gọi điện tới tấp. (Customers called incessantly.)
  • Công việc mới cứ đến tới tấp. (New work just kept coming in rapid succession.)
  • Mưa rơi tới tấp trên mái tôn. (The rain fell relentlessly on the tin roof.)

Advanced Usage

• Used to intensify verbs, emphasizing the overwhelming, unbroken flow of actions. It often implies a sense of pressure or being bombarded.
  • Những câu hỏi được đặt ra tới tấp khiến diễn giả bối rối. (Questions were fired off in such rapid succession that the speaker became flustered.)

Variants and Related Words

• Dồn dập (adv): In quick, successive waves; one after another urgently. A close synonym.
  • Tin xấu đến dồn dập. (Bad news came in quick succession.)

Synonyms

• Incessantly: Without interruption; constantly.
• Relentlessly: In an unceasingly intense or harsh way.
• One after another: In a continuous sequence.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Tới tấp như mưa: (Coming) as thick and fast as rain. Used to describe something arriving or happening in an overwhelming, continuous stream.
  • Lời khen tặng tới tấp như mưa sau buổi biểu diễn. (Praise poured in thick and fast after the performance.)