đầy ối
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Extremely full, overflowing: Used to describe a state of being completely full, often to the point of overflowing or being unable to contain more. This is a regional/dialectal variant.
- Synonymous with "đầy ói": The term is defined as being equivalent to "đầy ói," which conveys a sense of being overly full, stuffed, or brimming.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Bát cơm này đầy ối, tôi không ăn hết nổi. (This bowl of rice is overflowing; I can't finish it.)
- Sau trận mưa, ao làng đầy ối nước. (After the rain, the village pond is brimful with water.)
Advanced Usage
- This word is primarily used in spoken Vietnamese, particularly in specific regional dialects. It carries a vivid, emphatic tone to stress the completeness of being full.
- It is often used in informal contexts to describe containers, spaces, or even abstract concepts like schedules.
Variants and Related Words
- Đầy ói: The standard or more widely recognized form with the same meaning (extremely full).
- Đầy ắp: Full to the brim, packed. (Less intense than "đầy ối/ói").
- Nghẹt: Choked, jam-packed (often for spaces or traffic).
Synonyms
- Chật ních: Packed tight, crammed full.
- Căng tròn: Stretched round/full (often for bags, cheeks).
- Ứ ứ: On the verge of overflowing.
Related Idioms
- No căng bụng: (Stomach is) full and tight.
- Ăn Tết xong, bụng no căng. (After the Lunar New Year feast, my stomach is stuffed.)
- Đầy như nêm: Full as a wedge/packed solid.
- Chợ hoa ngày Tết đầy như nêm người. (The flower market on Tet holiday is packed solid with people.)
- (địa phương) như đầy ói