beng

Thân thiện

Căn phòng bừa bộn lung tung beng sau bữa tiệc.

Definition

1. Verb (vulgar/slang):

   • To cut, to cut off (violently or crudely): Used to describe a forceful, often brutal, act of cutting or severing, typically with a blade.
   • To chop off: Specifically refers to cutting off a part, such as a head or limb.

2. Adjective/Adverb (colloquial):

   • Topsy-turvy, pell-mell, in utter disorder: Intensifies a state of extreme mess, confusion, or chaos. It is often paired with adjectives like "lung tung" (messy) or "rối" (tangled).

Usage Examples

• Verb:

  • Nó beng cổ con gà. (It cut the chicken's neck off.)
  • Sợ beng mất đầu. (Afraid of having one's head chopped off.)

• Adjective/Adverb:

  • Căn phòng lung tung beng. (The room is in complete disarray.)
  • Mọi thứ rối beng. (Everything is tangled up in a huge mess.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "beng" is highly informal and carries a vulgar connotation when used as a verb. As an intensifier for disorder, it is firmly within the realm of colloquial speech.

Variants and Related Words

• Beng bét (adj/adv): An even more emphatic colloquial term meaning a total mess, ruined, or smashed to pieces.
  • Đồ đạc vỡ beng bét. (The belongings were smashed to smithereens.)

Synonyms

• To cut/chop off: chặt, cắt.
• Disorderly: lộn xộn, hỗn độn, tanh bành.

Related Idioms

• While "beng" itself is not commonly the base of idioms, its reinforced form "beng bét" is used in phrases like "làm beng bét" meaning to mess something up completely or to ruin something.
  • Nó làm bài tập beng bét hết cả. (He messed up the homework completely.)

Học thuật

verb

1. To cut, to cut off
   • beng cổ
     to cut the neck of
   • beng mất đầu
     to have one's head cut off

khẩu ngữ

1. Topsy-turvy, pell-mell
   • mọi thứ lung tung beng
     everything was pell-mell