Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Inconvenient: Causing difficulty, trouble, or discomfort; not suited to one's ease or needs.
   • Out of place / Inappropriate: Not suitable for a particular situation or context; improper.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Đường sá bất tiện. (The roads are inconvenient.)
  • Ở xa, đi lại bất tiện. (Living far away makes commuting inconvenient.)
  • Việc đó nói giữa chỗ đông người e bất tiện. (Talking about that in a crowd is, I'm afraid, inappropriate.)

Advanced Usage

• Used to describe abstract situations, conditions, or timing that cause hassle.
  • Giờ giấc họp rất bất tiện cho tôi. (The meeting time is very inconvenient for me.)
• Used to suggest that an action or topic is socially awkward or tactless.
  • Hỏi về lương của người khác là bất tiện. (Asking about someone else's salary is inappropriate.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sự bất tiện (n): An inconvenience, a hassle.
  • Xin lỗi vì sự bất tiện này. (We apologize for this inconvenience.)

Synonyms

• Inconvenient: Not convenient.
• Troublesome: Causing trouble or difficulty.
• Inappropriate: Not suitable or proper.

Related Idioms

• Bất tiện quá!: A common exclamation meaning "How inconvenient!" or "What a hassle!"
  • Xe tôi hỏng rồi, bất tiện quá! (My car broke down, what a hassle!)

1. Not convenient, inconvenient, out of place
   • đường sá bất tiện
     communications are not convenient
   • ở xa, đi lại bất tiện
     when one lives so far, it is inconvenient to travel to and from
   • việc đó nói giữa chỗ đông người e bất tiện
     talking about in a crowd is, I'm afraid, out of place