Definition

1. Verb:
   • To rush, to surge, to flow in a rapid, forceful, and often disorderly manner: Describes the movement of a large number of people, animals, or a substance like water, moving quickly and energetically into or out of a place.
   • To do something hastily, without hesitation: Used to describe performing an action quickly and without much thought or preparation.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Giờ tan học, học sinh ùa ra cổng trường. (When school ended, the students rushed out of the school gate.)
  • Nước lũ ùa vào làng. (The floodwater surged into the village.)
  • Cổ động viên ùa vào sân vận động. (The fans poured into the stadium.)
  • Anh ấy làm ùa công việc đó. (He did that job in a hurry.)

Advanced Usage

• "ùa vào": to rush into, to surge into.
  • Đám đông ùa vào cửa hàng giảm giá. (The crowd rushed into the sale store.)
• "ùa ra": to rush out, to pour out.
  • Khói đen ùa ra từ các cửa sổ. (Black smoke poured out from the windows.)
• "làm ùa": to do something hastily.
  • Đừng làm ùa, hãy cẩn thận một chút. (Don't do it hastily, be a bit more careful.)

Variants and Related Words

• Ùa ùa (adv): An intensified form, emphasizing a continuous, massive, and rapid flow.
  • Người xem kéo đến ùa ùa. (Spectators came flocking in.)
• Xô ùa (verb): To jostle and rush; a compound word combining "xô" (to push/shove) and "ùa" for a more forceful, chaotic rush.
  • Mọi người xô ùa lên xe buýt. (People jostled and rushed onto the bus.)

Synonyms

• Tràn vào: to flood into, to overflow into.
• Xông vào: to charge into, to storm into (often with more aggressive intent).
• Chảy ào ạt: to flow torrentially (specifically for liquids).
• Làm vội: to do something hurriedly.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

Note: As a Vietnamese verb, "ùa" typically combines with directional words like "vào", "ra", "lên", "xuống" to form phrases similar to phrasal verbs. - Ùa lên: to rush up/upwards. - Bọn trẻ ùa lên đồi. (The children rushed up the hill.) - Ùa xuống: to rush down/downwards. - Họ ùa xuống bãi biển. (They rushed down to the beach.)

Related Idioms

• Ùa càn: To act or proceed recklessly and without regard for order or consequences.
  • Anh ta cứ ùa càn vào việc mà không suy nghĩ. (He just charged recklessly into the task without thinking.)

verb

1. to flow, to rush