tỏng
Definition
- Adverb (colloquial, often vulgar):
- Thoroughly, completely, clearly: Used to emphasize that something is known, understood, or perceived in an absolute, unambiguous, and often exhaustive manner. It carries a strong, sometimes crude, connotation of having full insight or seeing through a situation.
Usage Examples
- Adverb:
- Tôi biết tỏng chuyện đó rồi. (I know that story inside and out.)
- Nó nói dối, tôi biết tỏng rồi. (He's lying; I see right through it.)
- Cả nhóm biết tỏng sự thật. (The whole group knows the truth perfectly well.)
Advanced Usage
- The word is frequently used in the fixed phrase "biết tỏng", which means "to know perfectly well" or "to be fully aware."
- It can be reduplicated for added emphasis as "tỏng tòng tong", which intensifies the meaning to "crystal clear" or "absolutely thoroughly."
Variants and Related Words
- Tỏng tòng tong (adv): A reduplicated, more emphatic form of , meaning "perfectly clear" or "thoroughly and completely."
- Mọi người đã hiểu tỏng tòng tong vấn đề. (Everyone understood the issue perfectly clearly.)
Synonyms
- Clearly: In a clear manner.
- Thoroughly: In a thorough or complete way.
- Perfectly: In a perfect or absolute manner.
Related Idioms
- Biết tỏng: To know something inside out; to be fully cognizant of a fact or situation.
- Đừng giả vờ, tôi biết tỏng mưu đồ của anh rồi. (Don't pretend; I'm fully aware of your scheme.)