to sụ

Cậu bé đứng cạnh một cái cây to sụ trong công viên.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Very large / huge / immense: Describes something of exceptionally great size, scale, or extent. It emphasizes an extreme degree of largeness.
   • Very tall / towering: Often used to describe a person, building, or object of remarkable height.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Ngọn núi đó trông thật là to sụ. (That mountain looks absolutely immense.)
  • Anh ấy cao to sụ, đứng trong đám đông ai cũng thấy. (He is toweringly tall, everyone can see him in the crowd.)
  • Công ty họ xây một tòa nhà to sụ ở trung tâm thành phố. (Their company built a huge building in the city center.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "to sụ" is an emphatic, colloquial compound of the adjective "to" (big) and the emphatic particle "sụ". It is primarily used in informal, spoken Vietnamese for strong emphasis.

Variants and Related Words

• To (adj): big, large.
  • Cái bàn này rất to. (This table is very big.)
• To tướng (adj): large and impressive, hefty.
  • Một chiếc xe hơi to tướng. (A hefty car.)
• Khổng lồ (adj): gigantic, colossal (more formal than "to sụ").
  • Con tàu vũ trụ khổng lồ. (The gigantic spaceship.)

Synonyms

• Enormous: Very large in size or quantity.
• Gigantic: Of very great size or extent.
• Immense: Extremely large or great.
• Towering: Extremely tall.

Related Idioms

• To sụ như cột đình: As big/tall as a village communal house pillar. (A simile emphasizing great size or stature.)
  • Lực sĩ ấy to sụ như cột đình. (That athlete is as huge as a temple pillar.)