ù té

Một con mèo ù té chạy khỏi con chó.

Definition

1. Adverb (dialectal, colloquial):
   • In a great hurry; in a frantic rush; helter-skelter. Used to describe an action, typically movement, performed with extreme haste and often a sense of panic or disorder.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • Nghe tiếng động lạ, lũ trẻ ù té chạy ra khỏi nhà. (Hearing a strange noise, the children ran out of the house in a frantic rush.)
  • Cháy lớn! Mọi người ù té tìm lối thoát hiểm. (Big fire! Everyone rushed helter-skelter to find the emergency exit.)
  • Thấy mưa, người đi chợ ù té dọn hàng. (Seeing the rain, the market-goers hurriedly packed up their goods in a rush.)

Advanced Usage

• The word is almost exclusively used in spoken Vietnamese and carries a vivid, descriptive nuance of chaotic, hurried movement by a group. It is often paired with verbs like "chạy" (to run), "bỏ chạy" (to flee), or "đi" (to go).

Variants and Related Words

• Ù té bỏ chạy: to flee in a panicked rush.
  • Khi con chó xổng chuồng, đàn gà ù té bỏ chạy. (When the dog broke loose, the flock of chickens fled in a panicked rush.)

Synonyms

• Hối hả: hurriedly, hastily.
• Cuống cuồng: frantically, in a frenzy.
• Vội vã: in a hurry.

Related Idioms

• While "ù té" itself is not part of a fixed idiom, it is the core descriptive element in phrases depicting sudden, disorderly retreats or rushes.