Definition

1. Verb:
   • To tilt up; to lift up (one end): Describes the action of one end of a long, flat object rising or being raised, while the opposite end remains down or stationary. Often used for objects like a lever, a seesaw, or the beam of a scale.
   • To grow rapidly and noticeably (dialectal): Used in some dialects to describe a child or young person shooting up in height.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Đòn cân bị vổng lên. (The scale's beam tilted up.)
  • Đứa trẻ vổng lên trông thấy sau một kỳ nghỉ hè. (The child shot up noticeably after a summer break.)

Advanced Usage

• This word is less common in standard modern Vietnamese and may be considered dialectal or literary, especially in the sense of rapid growth.

Variants and Related Words

• Phổng (dialectal variant): Sometimes used interchangeably with "vổng," particularly in the sense of rapid growth.
  • Thằng bé phổng lên nhanh quá. (That boy has grown up so fast.)

Synonyms

• Tilt up: To raise one end.
• Lift: To move upwards.
• Shoot up: To grow rapidly in height (for the dialectal meaning).

Related Idioms

• Lớn vổng: To grow rapidly (literally, "to grow vổng"). This is a fixed phrase stemming from the dialectal usage.
  • Con gái tôi năm nay lớn vổng. (My daughter has shot up this year.)