tuếch

Trong túi của anh ta rỗng tuếch, chẳng có gì cả.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Completely empty or bare: Describes a state of having absolutely nothing inside or being utterly devoid of content.
   • Utterly, totally, completely: An intensifier used after an adjective to denote an extreme or absolute degree, often with a negative connotation.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cái túi rỗng tuếch. (The bag is completely empty.)
  • Căn phòng trống tuếch, chẳng có đồ đạc gì. (The room is utterly bare, with no furniture at all.)
  • Nó nghèo tuếch. (He is totally penniless.)

Advanced Usage

• "tuếch toác": A rhyming compound that intensifies the meaning, often implying something is not only empty or extreme but also perhaps shabby, gaping, or blatantly obvious.
  • Cái áo rách tuếch toác. (The shirt is torn to shreds / is gapingly torn.)

Variants and Related Words

• Rỗng tuếch (adj): completely hollow or empty.

  • Cái hộp rỗng tuếch. (The box is completely hollow.)

• Trống tuếch (adj): completely vacant or bare.

  • Nhà kho trống tuếch. (The warehouse is completely vacant.)

Synonyms

• Completely empty: wholly void of contents.
• Absolutely bare: entirely without furnishings or features.
• Totally: an adverb for extreme degree (e.g., totally broke).

Related Idioms

• Rỗng tuếch rỗng toác: An extended idiom emphasizing absolute emptiness or a complete lack of substance, often in knowledge or character.
  • Đầu nó rỗng tuếch rỗng toác, chẳng biết gì cả. (His head is completely empty; he doesn't know anything.)