Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Flat, crushed, deflated: Describes an object that has lost its original three-dimensional shape and volume due to pressure, impact, or loss of internal air, becoming flattened.
   • Prostrate, knocked down, incapacitated: Describes a person or thing in a state of being forced down, immobilized, or rendered inactive, often due to illness, force, or overwhelming pressure.

Usage Examples

• Adjective (Flat/Crushed):
  • Quả bóng đá bị bẹp sau khi đá vào tường. (The soccer ball was flat/deflated after being kicked into the wall.)
  • Chiếc hộp giấy bị bẹp dúm dưới đáy vali. (The cardboard box was crushed at the bottom of the suitcase.)
• Adjective (Prostrate/Incapacitated):
  • Sau trận ốm nặng, anh ấy phải nằm bẹp một chỗ cả tuần. (After the severe illness, he had to lie prostrate/be bedridden in one place for a whole week.)
  • Đội đối thủ bị đè bẹp ngay từ hiệp một. (The opposing team was completely overwhelmed/knocked down right from the first half.)

Advanced Usage

• "làm bẹp": to crush, to flatten (something).
  • Cẩn thận kẻo làm bẹp mất bánh ngọt. (Be careful not to crush the cake.)
• "bóp bẹp": to squeeze/crush flat (often used figuratively).
  • Công ty lớn dễ dàng bóp bẹp các đối thủ cạnh tranh nhỏ. (The large company can easily crush/squeeze out small competitors.)
• "nằm bẹp": to lie prostrate/be laid up (due to sickness or exhaustion).
  • Mệt quá, tôi chỉ muốn nằm bẹp trên giường. (I'm so tired, I just want to collapse and lie in bed.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bẹp dí (adj/phrasal verb): Completely flattened, crushed flat.
  • Chiếc lon bị xe cán bẹp dí. (The can was completely flattened by a car.)
• Bẹp dúm (adj): Crushed and crumpled.
  • Tờ giấy bị vo bẹp dúm. (The paper was crumpled into a ball.)
• Dẹp (adj/verb): While "dẹp" primarily means "flat" (like a surface) or "to put away/clear," it can be contextually related in the sense of making something flat.

Synonyms

• Dẹt (adj): Flat (often describing an inherently flat shape or something pressed flat).
• Xẹp (adj): Deflated, collapsed (often due to loss of air or internal support).
• Nát (adj): Smashed, crushed to pieces (implies more destruction than "bẹp").

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs / Common Collocations)

• Đè bẹp (verb phrase): To press down and crush; to overwhelm completely.
  • Áp lực công việc đè bẹp anh ấy. (Work pressure overwhelmed him.)
• Ép bẹp (verb phrase): To press/squeeze flat.
  • Nó ép bẹp hộp sữa giấy sau khi uống xong. (He flattened the milk carton after drinking.)

Related Idioms

• "Vê tròn, bóp bẹp" (idiom): Literally "to roll into a ball, to squeeze flat." Figuratively means to have complete control over someone or something, to manipulate at will.
  • Hắn ta nghĩ có tiền là vê tròn bóp bẹp được thiên hạ. (He thinks that with money, he can manipulate people at will.)

adj

1. Flat, crushed
   • quả bóng bẹp không còn một chút hơi
     the ball is completely flat and has no air left in it at all
   • chen nhau làm bẹp mất cái nón
     because of jostling, her hat was crushed
2. Prostrate, knocked down
   • bị ốm phải nằm bẹp ở nhà
     because of illness, he had to lie prostrate in bed