ba gai

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ba gai

Anh ấy là một người ba gai, luôn tìm cách gây sự với người khác.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Rowdy, unruly: Describes a person, especially a young person, who is noisy, difficult to control, and prone to causing trouble or arguments.
    • Quarrelsome, belligerent: Refers to someone who is easily provoked into arguments or fights, often characterized by a stubborn or aggressive attitude.
Usage Examples
  • Adjective:
    • Một nhóm thanh thiếu niên ba gai đang làm ồn ở góc phố. (A group of rowdy teenagers is making noise on the street corner.)
    • Anh ta có cách cư xử rất ba gai, luôn tìm cách tranh cãi. (He has a very unruly manner, always looking for an argument.)
    • Đừng có ăn nói ba gai như thế! (Don't speak in such a quarrelsome way!)
Advanced Usage
  • The term ba gai is informal and often carries a slightly negative or disapproving tone. It is frequently used to describe the behavior of young men or boys.
  • It can describe both a temporary state of behavior ( - he's so rowdy today) and a more permanent character trait ( - he is a quarrelsome fellow).
Variants and Related Words
  • Bướng bỉnh (adj): Stubborn, obstinate. While ba gai implies being trouble-making and quarrelsome, bướng bỉnh focuses more on being headstrong and refusing to obey.
  • Cứng đầu (adj): Hard-headed, stubborn. Similar to bướng bỉnh.
  • Gây gổ (v): To pick a fight, to be aggressive. This is a verb describing the action that a ba gai person might engage in.
Synonyms
  • Hỗn hào: Insolent, impudent (focuses on rude speech or lack of respect).
  • Ngỗ ngược: Unruly, rebellious (often used for disobedient children or youth).
  • Hay sinh sự: Lit. "prone to causing incidents"; trouble-making.
Related Idioms/Phrases
  • Tính tình ba gai: To have a rowdy/unruly temperament.
    • Thằng bé có tính tình ba gai, lúc nào cũng thích gây chuyện. (The boy has a rowdy temperament, he always likes to cause trouble.)
  • Cái thói ba gai: That rowdy/unruly habit.
    • Bỏ ngay cái thói ba gai ấy đi! (Drop that unruly habit right now!)
ba gai

Anh ấy là một người ba gai, luôn tìm cách gây sự với người khác.

adj
  1. rowdy, unruly
    • một nhóm thanh thiếu niên ba gai
      a group of rowdy teenagers
    • cách cư xử ba gai
      an unruly behaviour

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