be be
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Definition
Onomatopoeia:
- Bleat: The sound made by a goat or sheep. It is the direct representation of the animal's cry.
- To bleat: Used as a verb to describe the action of a goat or sheep making its characteristic sound.
Verb (colloquial, figurative):
- To yammer / To blabber: To talk noisily, incessantly, or in an annoying manner, often about trivial things. This usage mimics the persistent, grating quality of a goat's bleat.
Usage Examples
- Onomatopoeia/Verb:
- Con dê kêu "be be". (The goat bleats "baa baa".)
- Đàn cừu be be suốt buổi chiều. (The flock of sheep bleated all afternoon.)
- Verb (figurative):
- Đừng có be be bên tai tôi nữa! (Stop yammering in my ear!)
- Nó cứ be be về chuyện đó cả ngày. (He just blabbered on about that all day.)
Advanced Usage
- The word is often reduplicated ("be be") to mimic the repetitive nature of the sound or the ongoing action of talking.
- It can be used humorously or critically to describe a person's speech.
Variants and Related Words
- Be be (nói) (v): To talk in a shrill, persistent, and annoying way.
- Cô ấy be be nói không ngừng về chuyện mua sắm. (She chattered non-stop about shopping.)
Synonyms
- Bleat: The primary synonym for the animal sound.
- Blabber: To talk foolishly or excessively.
- Chatter: To talk rapidly about unimportant matters.
Related Idioms
- Be be cái mồm: To run one's mouth; to talk incessantly and annoyingly.
- Suốt ngày nó chỉ biết be be cái mồm. (All day long, he just runs his mouth.)
- Bleat (of a goat)