bung búng
Adjective: - Chokefull (of the mouth): Describes the state of having one's mouth completely and often visibly full of food, to the point where speaking or closing the mouth properly is difficult.
This adjective is used specifically to describe a person's mouth when it is overly full of food. It often implies a somewhat unrefined or hasty manner of eating. - Miệng nó bung búng nhai cơm. (His mouth, chokefull, was chewing rice.) - Ăn từ từ thôi, miệng bung búng thế kia trông mất lịch sự lắm. (Eat slowly; having your mouth so chokefull like that looks very impolite.)
- The word is primarily descriptive and is almost exclusively used in informal contexts to comment on someone's eating manner.
- It can carry a mild negative connotation, suggesting greediness, lack of manners, or eating too quickly.
- Búng (verb): To flick, to flip. (Note: While "búng" is a component, "bung búng" as a whole is a distinct, reduplicative adjective with its own specific meaning related to a full mouth.)
- Nhét đầy miệng (verb phrase): To stuff one's mouth full. This is a more literal and common way to describe the action.
- Nghẹn đầy miệng: Having one's mouth so full it's almost choking.
- Chật ních miệng: (Informal) Having one's mouth packed tight.
While "bung búng" itself is not typically part of a larger idiom, the state it describes is often referenced in expressions about eating etiquette. - Ăn không nên nói: A phrase meaning "with a full mouth, one shouldn't speak," describing the same situation of impropriety when eating.
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Chokefull
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miệng bung búng nhai cơmhis mouth chokefull with rice was masticating
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