bập bềnh
Definition
Verb:
- To bob: To move up and down gently and repeatedly on the surface of water.
- To float (drifting): To rest or move slowly on the surface of a liquid without a fixed direction or anchor.
Adverb:
- Bobbingly / Driftingly: Describes the manner of moving up and down or floating aimlessly on water.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Chiếc thuyền bập bềnh trên sông. (The boat was bobbing on the river.)
- Những cánh hoa bập bềnh trên mặt hồ. (Petals were floating/drifting on the lake's surface.)
- Adverb:
- Tấm ván trôi bập bềnh mặt nước. (The plank floated driftingly on the water's surface.)
Advanced Usage
- "bập bà bập bềnh": This is a reduplicated form for emphasis, meaning to bob or float unceasingly, often with a stronger sense of being adrift or unsettled.
- Con thuyền nhỏ bập bà bập bềnh giữa biển khơi. (The small boat bobbed unceasingly in the open sea.)
Variants and Related Words
- Trôi bồng bềnh (v): To float or drift gently and lightly, often with a poetic connotation.
- Chập chờn (v): To flicker; to be unsteady or wavering (often for light or sleep, sharing the sense of unsteady movement).
Synonyms
- Bob: To move up and down.
- Float: To be buoyant on liquid.
- Drift: To be carried slowly by water or air.
Related Idioms and Expressions
- Nửa mạn phong ba, luống bập bềnh: A classical literary phrase describing a state of being tossed about and unsettled, like a boat in rough seas, often used metaphorically for a precarious life situation.
- Cuộc đời anh ấy như con thuyền nửa mạn phong ba, luống bập bềnh. (His life is like a boat side-on to the storm, endlessly tossed about.)
verb
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To bob
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chiếc thuyền bập bềnh trên sôngthe boat was bobbing on the river
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bập bà bập bềnhto bob unceasingly
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