tung
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- Verb:
- To toss, to throw upwards: To cause something to move upwards with a strong, sudden motion.
- To spread, to scatter: To cause something to be distributed or sent out in many directions.
- To rummage about, to mess up: To search through something in a disorderly manner, causing it to become disorganized.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Anh ấy tung quả bóng lên cao. (He tossed the ball high into the air.)
- Công ty tung ra một sản phẩm mới. (The company launched a new product.)
- Đứa trẻ lục tung ngăn kéo để tìm đồ chơi. (The child rummaged through the drawer to find a toy.)
Advanced Usage
- "tung tin": to spread news or information (often rumors).
- Kẻ xấu cố tình tung tin đồn thất thiệt. (Bad actors intentionally spread false rumors.)
- "tung hoành": to act freely and powerfully, to dominate (often used figuratively).
- Vị tướng tung hoành trên chiến trường. (The general roamed freely and dominantly on the battlefield.)
- "mở tung": to open wide, to fling open.
- Cô ấy mở tung cánh cửa sổ. (She flung open the window.)
Variants and Related Words
- Tung tăng (verb): to frolic, to run around playfully.
- Bọn trẻ tung tăng trên bãi cỏ. (The children frolicked on the lawn.)
- Tung hô (verb): to acclaim, to cheer, to hail.
- Đám đông tung hô tân vương. (The crowd acclaimed the new king.)
Synonyms
- Ném: to throw.
- Quăng: to fling, to chuck.
- Phát tán: to disperse, to disseminate.
- Bày ra: to lay out, to display.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Tung ra: to launch, to release, to put out.
- Họ đã tung ra chiến dịch quảng cáo rầm rộ. (They launched a massive advertising campaign.)
- Lục tung: to ransack, to rummage through messily.
- Tên trộm lục tung cả căn phòng. (The thief ransacked the entire room.)
Related Idioms
- Tung trời: (literally: to toss to the sky) used to describe a very high price or cost.
- Giá cả tung trời sau dịch. (Prices skyrocketed after the pandemic.)
- Tung cước: (literally: to throw a kick) to deliver a kick (in martial arts).
- Võ sĩ tung một cước hiểm hóc. (The martial artist delivered a dangerous kick.)
verb
- to toss, to throw to spread to rummage about