Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Brazen, shameless, lacking in modesty: Describes behavior or speech that is openly and unashamedly improper, indecent, or sexually suggestive. It implies a bold disregard for social norms of decency.
   • Lewd, lascivious: Refers to something that is overtly and offensively sexual in a crude way.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ta nói chuyện thật bài bây. (He talks in a really brazen/shameless way.)
  • Những lời nói bài bây đó không thích hợp ở nơi công cộng. (Those lewd remarks are not appropriate in public.)
  • Cử chỉ bài bây của hắn khiến mọi người khó chịu. (His lascivious gestures made everyone uncomfortable.)

Advanced Usage Notes

• Register: This word is classified as khẩu ngữ (colloquial/spoken language). It is strong, informal, and often carries a negative, judgmental tone. It is not used in formal writing.
• Connotation: The term strongly implies condemnation and is used to criticize behavior considered morally offensive or tasteless.
• Typical Contexts: Used to describe vulgar jokes, inappropriate touching, overtly sexual comments, or any action perceived as crossing the line of propriety.

Variants and Related Words

• Tục tĩu (adj): Vulgar, obscene. Often overlaps in meaning but can refer more broadly to crude behavior not necessarily sexual.
• Khiếm nhã (adj): Indecent, improper. A slightly more formal term for inappropriate behavior.
• Dâm ô (adj): Lewd, obscene (often with a stronger legal or criminal connotation, e.g., related to acts).

Synonyms

• Trắng trợn: Brazen, blatant (can be used for non-sexual shamelessness as well).
• Vô liêm sỉ: Shameless (a stronger, more general term for lacking shame).
• Lõa lồ: Literally "naked"; used figuratively for blatant, undisguised (often immoral) behavior.

Related Idioms/Phrases

• Ăn nói bài bây: To speak in a brazen/lewd manner.
  • Mày đừng có ăn nói bài bây trước mặt trẻ con. (Don't speak in that lewd way in front of children.)
• Cư xử bài bây: To behave in a shameless/indecent way.
  • Hắn cư xử bài bây ngay giữa chốn đông người. (He behaved in a shameless way right in the middle of a crowd.)

khẩu ngữ

1. Brazen