bầm
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Definition
Adjective:
- Bluish-black, bruised, purplish: Describes a dark, bruised color, often resulting from injury or indicating a deep, dark shade.
- Dark, deep (color): Describes a very deep or dark shade of a color, like brown or red.
Noun (archaic, dialectal):
- Mother, mama: An affectionate, rustic term for one's mother, often used in folk poetry or by people from rural areas.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- Môi tím bầm lạnh. (Lips turning bluish-black from the cold.)
- Bị đánh bầm cả người. (To be beaten black and blue all over.)
- Áo nâu bầm. (A dark brown/blackish-brown jacket.)
- Đỏ bầm. (A deep, purplish red.)
Noun:
- Bầm ơi, bầm có khỏe không? (Oh Mama, are you well?)
Advanced Usage
- "bầm gan tím ruột": An idiom meaning "to be black in the face (with rage), to be purple with anger," describing extreme fury.
- Nghe tin ấy, ông ấy bầm gan tím ruột. (Hearing that news, he was purple with rage.)
Variants and Related Words
- Bầm dập (adj): Severely bruised, battered. This is a compound word.
- Cánh tay bầm dập sau tai nạn. (The arm was badly bruised after the accident.)
- Bầm tím (adj): Bruised, black and blue. This is a compound word.
- Vết bầm tím trên chân. (A bruise on the leg.)
Synonyms
- Thâm tím (adj): Bruised, livid.
- Tím bầm (adj): Bluish-purple, bruised (often used interchangeably with ).
- Mẹ (n): Mother (standard term).
Related Idioms
- Bầm gan tím ruột: See "Advanced Usage" above. This is the primary idiom featuring the word.
adj
- bluish black
- môi tím bầm lạilips turning bluish black
- bị đánh bầm cả ngườito be beaten black and blue
- áo nâu bầma black brown jacket
- đỏ bầmpurple
- bầm gan tím ruộtblack in the face (with rage), purple with anger