vọng
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Definition
- Verb:
- To echo, to resound: To describe a sound that travels from a distance, is reflected, or is heard clearly from afar.
- To look/gaze towards, to yearn for: To direct one's sight or thoughts towards a distant or remembered place, often with nostalgia or longing.
- (Historical/Archaic) To pay a fee: To pay a tribute or fee to communal authorities in feudal times to purchase a title or exemption.
Usage Examples
- Verb (To echo/resound):
- Tiếng chuông chùa vọng lại từ đồi xa. (The temple bell echoed/resounded from the distant hill.)
- Có tiếng nói vọng ra từ trong nhà. (A voice came/carried from inside the house.)
- Verb (To look towards/yearn for):
- Người lính vọng về quê hương. (The soldier gazed/longed for his homeland.)
- Tâm trí cô ấy luôn vọng về những kỷ niệm cũ. (Her mind always drifts back to/yearns for old memories.)
Advanced Usage
- "Vọng lại": To echo back, to resound.
- Tiếng hò reo vọng lại trong thung lũng. (The cheers echoed in the valley.)
- "Vọng về": To look back towards, to yearn for (a place, often one's homeland).
- Lòng anh luôn vọng về nơi chôn nhau cắt rốn. (His heart always yearns for his birthplace.)
- (Historical) "Vọng quan viên": Refers to the historical act of paying a fee to become a "quan viên" (a village notable exempt from corvée labor).
Variants and Related Words
- Vang vọng (verb): To reverberate, to echo powerfully.
- Âm thanh vang vọng khắp núi rừng. (The sound reverberated throughout the mountains and forests.)
- Vọng gác / Vọng canh (noun): A watchtower, an observation post.
- Vọng tưởng (verb): To think of longingly, to reminisce.
- Cúng vọng (noun/verb): A Buddhist ceremony held on the day of the full moon.
Synonyms
- (For sound) Dội lại, vang lên: To reverberate, to ring out.
- (For looking/yearning) Hướng về, trông về, nhớ về: To turn towards, to look towards, to remember.
Related Idioms
- Vọng cố hương / Vọng về cố hương: To yearn for one's native land.
- Sống ở nước ngoài, ông ấy luôn mang nỗi niềm vọng cố hương. (Living abroad, he always carries the feeling of yearning for his homeland.)
- Vọng vọng tưởng tưởng: To be lost in distant thoughts or memories.