ì ạch
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Definition
Adverb:
- Ploddingly; laboriously; with heavy effort: Describes a slow, difficult, and strenuous movement or action, often accompanied by a sense of heaviness and inefficiency. It evokes the sound and image of strenuous exertion.
- Sluggishly; at a snail's pace: Describes very slow and sluggish progress or development, often with a negative connotation of being ineffective or delayed.
Onomatopoeic Word:
- A word that imitates the sound of heavy, labored breathing or the straining sound associated with moving something very heavy.
Usage Examples
- Adverb:
- Chiếc xe tải lên dốc một cách ì ạch. (The truck climbed the slope ploddingly.)
- Công việc tiến triển ì ạch. (The work is progressing sluggishly.)
- Khiêng ì ạch một tảng đá. (To carry ploddingly a block of stone.)
Advanced Usage
- Used to personify or describe the slow, arduous movement of objects, systems, or processes.
- Nền kinh tế tăng trưởng ì ạch. (The economy is growing at a snail's pace.)
- Chiếc máy cũ kêu ì ạch khi khởi động. (The old machine groaned laboriously when starting up.)
Variants and Related Words
- Ì à ì ạch: A reduplicative form that intensifies the meaning, emphasizing an even greater degree of slowness and laborious effort.
- Đoàn người kéo nhau lên núi ì à ì ạch. (The group of people pulled themselves up the mountain with immense laboriousness.)
Synonyms
- Ploddingly: Advancing slowly and with heavy steps.
- Laboriously: Requiring a lot of effort; strenuously.
- Sluggishly: Moving or operating at an abnormally slow pace.
- Heavily: With great weight or effort.
Related Idioms and Expressions
- While "ì ạch" itself is often used as an adverbial idiom, it is commonly paired with verbs of motion or progress to create vivid imagery of difficulty.
- Kéo dài ì ạch: to drag on sluggishly.
- Chạy ì ạch: to run/operate laboriously (e.g., an old vehicle).
adv
- ploddingly
- khiêng ì ạch một tảng đáto carry ploddingly a block of stone