bộn
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Numerous / A great many: Used to describe a very large quantity or number of things.
- Very busy / Swamped: Describes a state of being overwhelmed or encumbered with many tasks or items.
- Messy / In disarray: Refers to things being scattered about in a disorderly, untidy manner.
- Quite / Considerably: Used before certain nouns (like age or money) to mean "quite" or "considerably," indicating a significant degree.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Nhà bộn những rơm. (The house is crowded with straw.)
- Công việc đang bộn lên. (The work is piling up. / I'm swamped with work.)
- Anh ta đã bộn tuổi. (He is quite old.)
- Có bộn tiền. (To have a lot of money / to be quite rich.)
- Đồ đạc để bộn trong phòng. (Belongings are left in a mess in the room.)
Advanced Usage
- The word "bộn" often carries a connotation of an excessive, sometimes burdensome, amount that leads to clutter or busyness.
- It can function similarly to intensifiers like "very" or "quite" when combined with specific nouns (e.g., , ).
Variants and Related Words
- Bộn bề (adj): Overwhelmingly busy, fraught with many complicated matters.
- Cuộc sống bộn bề lo toan. (A life fraught with worries.)
- Ngổn ngang: A close synonym emphasizing a state of messy disarray.
- Sách vở ngổn ngang trên bàn. (Books and papers are strewn messily on the table.)
Synonyms
- Nhiều: Many, much (a more general and neutral term).
- Bận bịu: Busy, occupied.
- Lộn xộn: Disorderly, messy.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Bộn việc: To be swamped with work.
- Tôi đang bộn việc lắm. (I am very swamped with work.)
- Tiền bộn bạc bị: An idiom emphasizing having great wealth (a large amount of money and possessions).
- Nhà họ có tiền bộn bạc bị. (Their family has loads of money.)
adj
- Crowded with, encumbered with
- nhà bộn những rơmthe house is crowded with straw
- công việc đang bộn lênto be over head and ears in work
- Quite
- anh ta đã bộn tuổihe is quite old
- có bộn tiềnto be quite rich