Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Perfectly square: Describing a shape that is exactly square, with four equal sides and four right angles.
   • Neat and tidy / Orderly: Describing objects that are arranged in a very neat, precise, and orderly manner, often forming straight lines or regular shapes.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Mảnh vườn nhà cô ấy thật vuông vắn. (Her garden plot is perfectly square.)
  • Cậu bé xếp sách vuông vắn trên bàn. (The boy arranged the books neatly on the table.)

Advanced Usage

• The word is often used to imply a pleasing sense of order, precision, and regularity beyond just geometric shape. It can describe abstract qualities like proper, correct behavior.
  • Công việc đã được giải quyết một cách vuông vắn. (The matter was resolved properly and conclusively.)

Variants and Related Words

• Vuông (adj): Square. This is the basic root word for the shape.

  • Một chiếc bàn vuông. (A square table.)

• Ngay ngắn (adj): Straight, orderly, properly arranged. A close synonym for the "tidy" sense.

  • Hãy ngồi cho ngay ngắn. (Please sit up straight.)

Synonyms

• Square: Having the shape of a square.
• Neat: Arranged in an orderly, tidy way.
• Orderly: Neatly and methodically arranged.

Related Idioms

• Vuông tròn: Literally "square and round"; used to describe something that is complete, proper, and satisfactory in all aspects, often regarding fulfilling duties or social propriety.
  • Làm tròn bổn phận, vuông tròn trách nhiệm. (To fulfill one's duties and responsibilities completely.)