Definition

1. Noun:
   • Buttock: The fleshy part of the human body that one sits on; the posterior.
   • Seat: (Figurative, formal) A term used to refer to one's position or seat, often in a formal or literary context.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Anh ấy ngồi xuống và cảm thấy đau ở bàn tọa. (He sat down and felt pain in his buttock.)
  • Sau chuyến đi dài, bàn tọa của tôi bị tê. (After the long trip, my buttocks went numb.)
  • (Figurative) Xin mời ngài an bàn tọa. (Please, sir, take your seat.)

Advanced Usage

• "an bàn tọa": (Formal/Classical) To be seated, to take one's place.

  • Sau khi chào hỏi, mọi người lần lượt an bàn tọa. (After greetings, everyone took their seats one by one.)

• Used in formal or classical contexts to politely refer to where someone sits, implying respect.

Variants and Related Words

• Mông (n): A more common and direct synonym for buttocks.
• Mông đít (n): A colloquial term for buttocks.
• Đít (n): A very informal, often crude term for buttocks.

Synonyms

• Mông: Buttocks, behind.
• Hông: Hips (note: refers to the side of the body, not the buttocks directly).

Notes on Meaning

• The primary and most common meaning is buttock.
• The secondary, figurative meaning of seat or position is now largely archaic, literary, or used in very formal, set phrases. In modern everyday Vietnamese, the word almost exclusively refers to the physical buttocks.

noun

1. Buttock