thau tháu

Một học sinh viết thau tháu vào vở trong giờ kiểm tra.

Definition

1. Adverb:
   • Very quickly or rapidly: Describes an action performed with great speed and often continuously, without pause or hesitation. It implies a swift, fluid, and sometimes effortless manner.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • Cô ấy viết thau tháu mấy trang giấy. (She wrote several pages of paper very rapidly.)
  • Anh ấy đọc báo cáo thau tháu trong vòng năm phút. (He read the report very quickly within five minutes.)
  • Máy in chạy thau tháu. (The printer runs very rapidly.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "thau tháu" is primarily used in descriptive, often literary or colloquial, contexts to emphasize the impressive speed of an action. It is not typically used in formal technical writing.

Variants and Related Words

• Tháu (adv): A root form meaning quickly. "Thau tháu" is a reduplicative form that intensifies the meaning of speed.
  • Làm cho tháu lên! (Do it quickly!)

Synonyms

• Rapidly: At great speed.
• Swiftly: With great speed; promptly.
• Briskly: In an active, quick, or energetic way.

Related Idioms

• Làm thau tháu: To work very quickly.
  • Để kịp giờ, mọi người phải làm thau tháu. (To be on time, everyone had to work very quickly.)