vô kể
Definition
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.
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.)