Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Hasty, hurried, rushed: Describes an action performed with excessive speed and a lack of care, often due to a lack of time or impatience. It implies a state of being flustered or in a scramble.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ấy ăn sáng một cách vồi vội. (He ate breakfast in a hurried manner.)
  • Đừng làm vồi vội, hãy bình tĩnh và cẩn thận. (Don't work in a rush; be calm and careful.)
  • Cô ấy trả lời vồi vội rồi chạy đi. (She answered hastily and then ran off.)

Advanced Usage

• The word is a reduplication of "vội" (hurried). The reduplication "vồi vội" intensifies the meaning, emphasizing a more chaotic, flustered, or careless kind of hurry compared to "vội" alone.

Variants and Related Words

• Vội (adj): hurried, in a hurry. The root word.

  • Tôi phải đi vội. (I have to go in a hurry.)

• Vội vàng (adj): hurried, hasty. A more common synonym for "vồi vội."

  • Anh ấy rời đi một cách vội vàng. (He left in a hurry.)

Synonyms

• Hasty: Done with excessive speed or urgency.
• Hurried: Done or acting in a rush.
• Rushed: Done quickly and without proper attention.

Related Idioms

• Làm ăn vồi vội: To work in a slapdash or rushed manner.
  • Làm ăn vồi vội thì dễ hỏng việc. (Working in a rushed manner easily leads to mistakes.)