tít mù

Thân thiện

Một con đường chạy tít mù về phía chân trời.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Very far away, extremely remote: Describes a location or distance that is perceived as being exceedingly distant, often to the point of being barely visible or out of reach.
   • Spinning or whirling intensely: Describes something rotating at a very high speed, creating a blurred or dizzying effect.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Ngôi nhà của họ nằm tít mù trên núi. (Their house is located very far away on the mountain.)
  • Cánh đồng trải dài tít mù. (The field stretches far into the distance.)
  • Chiếc chong chóng quay tít mù trong gió. (The pinwheel spun intensely in the wind.)

Advanced Usage

• The word is often used for dramatic emphasis to exaggerate distance or speed. It can be combined with other words for intensified meaning.
• "tít mù tắp": An even stronger form, meaning "extremely far away," emphasizing an almost unreachable remoteness.
  • Con thuyền nhỏ dần rồi biến mất tít mù tắp. (The small boat gradually faded and disappeared extremely far away.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tít (adj): Far away; spinning fast. This is the root word, with "tít mù" being a more emphatic form.
  • Đường về nhà còn xa tít. (The road home is still very far.)

Synonyms

• Very remote: extremely far off.
• Far-flung: distant.
• Whirling: spinning rapidly.

Related Idioms

• Xa tít mù: (To be) far, far away. This is the most common collocation.
  • Quê hương tôi giờ đây xa tít mù. (My homeland is now far, far away.)
• Quay tít mù: To spin wildly/furiously.
  • Những chiếc lá khô quay tít mù trên mặt đất. (The dry leaves spun wildly on the ground.)

Học thuật

adj

1. very far away, far remote