tù tì

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Definition

1. Adverb:
   • Continuously; without interruption: Describes an action that proceeds in an unbroken sequence. This is the primary meaning found in formal dictionaries, often used in the compound form "liền tù tì".

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • Anh ấy nói liền tù tì cả tiếng đồng hồ. (He talked continuously for a whole hour.)
  • Cô ấy làm việc liền tù tì từ sáng đến tối. (She worked without interruption from morning until night.)

Advanced Usage

• The word is almost exclusively used in the fixed phrase "liền tù tì", which functions as an adverb meaning "immediately and in rapid succession" or "one right after the other without pause".
  • Hắn uống liền tù tì ba cốc nước. (He drank three glasses of water one right after the other.)

Variants and Related Words

• Liền tù tì (adv): The standard compound form meaning continuously, in quick succession, or without a break.

Synonyms

• Continuously: without interruption.
• In rapid succession: one after another quickly.
• Uninterruptedly: in an unbroken sequence.

Notes on Usage

• "Tù tì" is very rarely used alone in modern Vietnamese. Its meaning is carried by the phrase "liền tù tì".
• This term is somewhat colloquial and is commonly used in spoken language to emphasize the non-stop nature of an action.