Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Dirty, unclean: Covered with or containing dirt, stains, or impurities. Refers to physical objects, places, or body parts that are not clean.
   • Mean, sordid, despicable: Describes a person's character, intentions, or actions that are morally corrupt, low, or contemptible.

Usage Examples

• Adjective (Physically unclean):
  • Quần áo bẩn. (Dirty clothes.)
  • Tay bẩn. (Dirty hands.)
  • Giây mực làm bẩn vở. (The ink stain made the notebook dirty.)
• Adjective (Morally unclean):
  • Con người bẩn bụng. (A mean-spirited person / a person with a dirty character.)
  • Lão ta giàu mà bẩn. (That old man is rich but sordid.)

Advanced Usage

• The word can be used figuratively to describe something that is aesthetically unpleasant or offensive, even if not physically dirty.
  • Nhà cửa ngổn ngang, trông bẩn mắt. (The house is messy and disorderly, which is unpleasant to look at.)

Variants and Related Words

• Ở bẩn (v): To live in a dirty or untidy manner.
  • Đừng có ở bẩn như thế. (Don't live so dirtily.)
• Bẩn thỉu (adj): Filthy, grimy; often carries a stronger negative connotation than "bẩn," and can also apply to vulgar language or behavior.

Synonyms

• Dirty, filthy, grimy: For the physical sense.
• Sordid, mean, despicable, contemptible: For the moral sense.

Related Idioms

• Bẩn như hủi: As dirty as a leper (very dirty).
• Đầu óc bẩn thỉu: A filthy mind (having vulgar or immoral thoughts).

adj

1. Dirty, mean
   • ở bẩn
     to live dirtily
   • quần áo bẩn
     dirty clothes
   • tay bẩn
     dirty hands
   • giây mực làm bẩn vở
     the copybook was dirty with ink marks
   • con người bẩn bụng
     a mean person, a dirty character