Definition

1. Noun:
   • Bowl: A round, open container, typically used for serving or eating food, such as rice or soup.
   • Pint: A unit of volume, especially for measuring beer or other liquids.
   • Share (in a tontine): A portion or share in a collective financial scheme.
   • Eight: The number eight. (This meaning is now rare or literary).

Usage Examples

• Noun (Bowl):
  • Mẹ đựng canh trong một cái bát sứ. (Mother put the soup in a china bowl.)
  • Ăn xong nhớ rửa bát. (Remember to wash the bowls after eating.)
• Noun (Pint):
  • Anh ấy gọi một bát bia. (He ordered a pint of beer.)
• Noun (Eight - rare):
  • Trong bài tổ tôm, quân bát vạn là một quân quan trọng. (In the game of Tổ Tôm, the eight of characters tile is important.)

Advanced Usage

• "bát phẩm": The eighth rank in the old Vietnamese mandarinal system.
  • Cụ tổ của gia đình từng giữ chức bát phẩm. (The family's ancestor once held the eighth-rank official position.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bát đĩa (n): Dishes and bowls; tableware in general.
  • Kệ bếp đầy bát đĩa sạch sẽ. (The kitchen shelf is full of clean dishes.)
• Chén bát (n): A collective term for bowls and small cups; crockery.
  • Tiếng chén bát leng keng trong bếp. (The clinking sound of crockery in the kitchen.)

Synonyms

• Bowl: Tô (often for larger bowls), chén (often for smaller bowls/cups).
• Pint: Một đơn vị đo lường chất lỏng.
• Eight: Số tám.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Có bát ăn bát để: To be well-off; to have enough to save after meeting basic needs.
  • Nhờ làm ăn chăm chỉ, giờ họ có bát ăn bát để. (Thanks to hard work, they are now in comfortable circumstances.)
• Ăn ở với nhau như bát nước đầy: To treat each other with full respect and propriety; to be on very good terms.
  • Hai gia đình láng giềng sống với nhau như bát nước đầy. (The two neighboring families treat each other with the utmost goodwill.)
• Nhà sạch thì mát, bát sạch thì ngon cơm: A clean house is cool, and food from a clean bowl tastes better. (A proverb emphasizing cleanliness).

noun

1. Bowl
   • bát sứ
     china bowl
   • bát sắt tráng men
     enamelled metal bowl
   • nhà sạch thì mát, bát sạch thì ngon
     a clean house is cool, a clean bowl makes food tasty
   • ăn ở với nhau như bát nước đầy
     to behave with the fullest propriety towards one another, to be on good terms with one another
2. Pint
3. Tontine share
   • có bát ăn bát để
     to be in easy circumstances, to have enough to spare

number

1. Eight