Definition

1. Verb:
   • To play pranks, to joke around in a lighthearted or teasing manner: "đùa bỡn" refers to the act of joking, teasing, or playing harmless tricks on someone, often for amusement and without serious intent.
   • To trifle, to treat something lightly: It can also imply not taking a matter seriously, treating it as a jest.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Anh ấy thích đùa bỡn với bạn bè. (He likes to joke around with his friends.)
  • Đừng đùa bỡn với cảm xúc của người khác. (Don't trifle with other people's feelings.)

Advanced Usage

• "đùa bỡn qua loa": to joke in a superficial or careless way.

  • Anh ta chỉ đùa bỡn qua loa chứ không có ý xấu. (He was just joking superficially, with no ill intent.)

• "thói đùa bỡn": the habit of joking/teasing.

  • Thói đùa bỡn của anh ấy đôi khi khiến mọi người khó chịu. (His habit of joking sometimes makes people uncomfortable.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đùa (verb): to joke, to jest. This is a more general and common term for joking.
• Bỡn (verb, less common alone): to tease, to jest. Often used in combination with "đùa" for emphasis.
• Trêu chọc (verb): to tease, to poke fun at. Similar but can imply more persistent teasing.
• Giỡn (verb, Southern Vietnamese dialect): to joke, to play around. A synonym for "đùa".

Synonyms

• Nói đùa: to say something as a joke.
• Trêu ghẹo: to tease, to flirt playfully.
• Chòng ghẹo: to banter, to tease (often in a friendly way).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

Note: Vietnamese does not have phrasal verbs in the same structure as English. The concept is expressed through verb combinations or adverbs. - Đùa bỡn cho vui: to joke around for fun. - Chúng tôi chỉ đùa bỡn cho vui thôi. (We were just joking around for fun.)

Related Idioms

• Đùa dai như đỉa đói: (lit. to joke persistently like a hungry leech) To joke excessively or beyond the point of being funny.

  • Thôi đi, đừng có đùa dai như đỉa đói nữa! (Stop it, don't keep joking so persistently!)

• Đùa cho chết: (lit. to joke to death) To joke in an extreme or risky manner.

  • Đừng đùa cho chết như thế, nguy hiểm lắm. (Don't joke around so recklessly, it's very dangerous.)

1. Play pranks, trifle
   • Đừng đùa bỡn như thế
     Stop playing such pranks