trọi
Definition
- Adjective:
- Alone; solitary; isolated: Describes a person, animal, or thing that is by itself, separate from others, often with a nuance of being lonely, abandoned, or exposed.
- Bare; stripped; completely gone: Describes a state where nothing is left, often used with words like "hết" (to be all gone) to emphasize total depletion or emptiness.
Usage Examples
Adjective (Alone):
- Nó ngồi trọi một mình trong góc phòng. (He sat all alone in the corner of the room.)
- Con chó bị bỏ rơi, đứng trọi giữa cánh đồng. (The abandoned dog stood solitary in the middle of the field.)
Adjective (Bare/All gone):
- Sau trận cháy, khu rừng chỉ còn trọi những thân cây. (After the fire, the forest was left with only bare tree trunks.)
- Tôi đã tiêu hết trọi số tiền đó. (I spent all of that money; it's completely gone.)
Advanced Usage
"tròi trọi": (reduplicated form for emphasis) Completely alone; utterly bare or exposed.
- Đứa bé đứng tròi trọi giữa sân khóc. (The child stood completely alone in the yard, crying.)
- Bức tường bị bóc hết vữa, để lộ ra gạch tròi trọi. (The wall had all its plaster removed, leaving the bricks utterly exposed.)
"hết trọi": (colloquial) Completely finished; all gone; used up entirely.
- Món ăn ngon quá, bọn trẻ ăn hết trọi. (The food was so delicious, the kids ate every last bit of it.)
Variants and Related Words
- Trơ trọi (adj): Similar to "tròi trọi," meaning starkly bare, lonely, or exposed.
- Ngọn đồi trơ trọi không một bóng cây. (The hill was starkly bare without a single tree.)
Synonyms
- Alone: Having no one else present.
- Solitary: Done or existing alone.
- Bare: Without covering or content; empty.
- Depleted: Reduced to nothing; used up completely.
Related Idioms
- Trọi lủi: To be all alone, often with a sense of being pitiful or helpless.
- Ông cụ sống trọi lủi trong căn nhà nhỏ. (The old man lives all by his lonesome in a small house.)