Definition

1. Noun:
   • A large, protruding belly; a potbelly: Refers to a stomach that is noticeably large and sticks out, often due to excess weight or body fat.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Ông ấy có cái bụng phệ rất to. (He has a very large potbelly.)
  • Sau nhiều năm, anh ấy bắt đầu có bụng phệ. (After many years, he started to develop a potbelly.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is often used in a descriptive, and sometimes mildly humorous or informal, context to describe someone's physical appearance. It is not typically considered a polite or medical term.

Variants and Related Words

• Bụng (n): Stomach, belly.
• Phệ (adj): Fat, plump (often used to describe a person's body or a specific body part like the stomach).

Synonyms

• Bụng bia: Beer belly (specifically implies a belly from drinking beer).
• Bụng to: Big belly.

Related Idioms

• While "bụng phệ" itself is not an idiom, it is a common compound noun. A related descriptive phrase is:
  • Bụng phệ, mắt híp: (Potbelly, slit eyes) – A rhyming folk phrase sometimes used to humorously describe a certain physical type.

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