Definition

1. Noun:

   • Dust: Fine, dry particles of matter that can be suspended in the air or settle on surfaces.
   • Bush, shrub, clump, grove: A cluster of plants, trees, or grasses growing closely together.
   • Spray, mist: A fine dispersion of liquid droplets, such as water.
   • Mourning, bereavement (archaic/restricted usage): A state of grief following a death.

2. Adjective (colloquial):

   • Bohemian, free-spirited, rugged: Having an unkempt, carefree, or non-conformist appearance or style, reminiscent of a wanderer's life.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Dust):
  • Giũ sạch bụi bám vào quần áo. (Shake the dust off your clothes.)
  • Căn phòng đầy bụi. (The room is full of dust.)
• Noun (Bush/Clump):
  • bụi tre (a bamboo grove)
  • bụi cỏ voi (a clump of elephant grass)
  • Lạy ông tôi ở bụi này. (I confess my guilt without being asked. - Proverb, literally: "I worship you, my ancestor is in this bush.")
• Noun (Spray):
  • bụi nước (water spray)
  • mưa bụi lất phất (a fine drizzle, a misty rain)
• Noun (Mourning):
  • Có bụi. (To be in mourning.)
• Adjective (Bohemian style):
  • Tóc cắt trông rất bụi. (The haircut looks very rugged/free-spirited.)
  • Đeo chiếc ba lô bụi. (Carrying a bohemian-style backpack.)

Advanced Usage

• "bụi đời" (noun, colloquial): Literally "dust of life," refers to a vagabond, a wanderer, or someone living a transient, carefree, or marginalized life.
  • Bỏ nhà đi bụi, lang thang chán lại về. (Leaving home to become a wanderer, roaming until bored and then returning.)
• "bụi bặm" (adjective): Dusty; figuratively used to describe something as gritty, worldly, or experienced in the hardships of life.
• "bụi phóng xạ" (noun): Radioactive dust.
• "bụi rơm" (noun): Chaff dust, straw dust.
• "tuyết bụi" (noun): Powder snow.

Variants and Related Words

• Cây bụi (noun): Shrub, bush (a type of plant).
• Bụi bẩn (noun): Dirt, grime.
• Bụi cây (noun): Bush, shrub (synonymous with in the plant sense).
• Bụi rậm (noun): Thicket, dense bush.
• Phủi bụi / Quét bụi / Giũ bụi (verb phrases): To dust off, to remove dust.
• Phun thành bụi (verb phrase): To pulverize, to spray into a fine mist.

Synonyms

• For Dust: , (sand and dust, often used poetically for the mundane world).
• For Bush/Shrub: , , (clump).
• For Spray/Mist: , (mist, fog for ).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs / Idioms)

• Lạy ông tôi ở bụi này: A proverb meaning to confess or admit guilt without being pressured; to own up to something.
• Đi bụi (colloquial verb phrase): To leave home to wander or live a vagabond life.
• Cát bụi (noun phrase): Literally "sand and dust"; often used metaphorically to refer to the mortal, transient world (e.g., - a dusty, humble existence).
• Trở về cát bụi (idiom): To return to dust; to die.

noun

1. Dust
   • giũ sạch bụi bám vào quần áo
     to shake dust from one's clothes
2. Spray
   • bụi nước
     spray
   • mưa bụi lất phất
     a fine spray-like rain, a fine drizzle
3. Bush, grove, clump
   • bụi cỏ voi
     a clump of elephant grass
   • bụi tre
     a bamboo grove
   • cây bụi
     a shrub
   • lạy ông tôi ở bụi này