Definition

1. Adverb:

   • Immeasurably; beyond count or measure: Used to emphasize an extremely large, indefinite, or uncountable quantity or degree. It suggests a limitlessness that cannot be calculated or fully described.
   • Countless; innumerable: Describes a vast number or amount.

2. Adjective (in attributive use):

   • Innumerable; untold: When used before a noun, it modifies the noun to indicate an extremely large, often overwhelming, quantity.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • Thiệt hại sau cơn bão nhiều vô kể. (The damage after the storm was immeasurable.)
  • Cô ấy đã giúp đỡ tôi nhiều vô kể. (She helped me immensely.)
• Adjective:
  • Đó là một khoản tiền vô kể. (That is an untold amount of money.)
  • Họ phải đối mặt với vô kể khó khăn. (They had to face innumerable difficulties.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase is often used in the structure "nhiều vô kể" (immeasurably many/much) or "bao nhiêu là... vô kể" (so many... beyond count) to intensify the noun it follows.
  • Trên bầu trời có bao nhiêu là sao, nhiều vô kể. (There are so many stars in the sky, countless.)

Variants and Related Words

• Không thể đếm xuể (phrase): too many to count; innumerable. This is a more descriptive synonym.
  • Những vì sao trên trời không thể đếm xuể. (The stars in the sky are too many to count.)

Synonyms

• Countless: Too many to be counted.
• Innumerable: Very many; too many to be counted.
• Immeasurable: Too large, extensive, or extreme to measure.
• Untold: Too much or too many to be counted or measured.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Nhiều vô kể: The most common collocation, meaning "a vast number" or "an immense amount."
  • Lợi ích từ việc đọc sách là nhiều vô kể. (The benefits of reading books are innumerable.)
• Vô kể lần: Countless times.
  • Tôi đã nhắc anh ấy vô kể lần. (I have reminded him countless times.)