bâng quơ
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Definition
Adjective/Adverb (tính từ/trạng từ): - Vague, aimless, idle: Describes speech, thoughts, or actions that lack a clear purpose, specific target, or serious intent. It often implies something said or done casually, without focus or deep consideration.
Usage Examples
- Adjective/Adverb:
- Anh ấy chỉ nói bâng quơ vài câu. (He just said a few vague/aimless words.)
- Cô ấy trả lời bâng quơ khi được hỏi về kế hoạch. (She gave a vague/offhand answer when asked about her plans.)
- Đừng có nhìn bâng quơ như thế, hãy tập trung! (Don't stare vacantly/idly like that, focus!)
Advanced Usage
- "nói chuyện bâng quơ": to make small talk; to chat idly about unimportant things.
- Họ ngồi quán cà phê nói chuyện bâng quơ cả buổi chiều. (They sat in the coffee shop making small talk/idly chatting all afternoon.)
- "suy nghĩ bâng quơ": to have wandering, unfocused thoughts.
- Tâm trí cô ấy suy nghĩ bâng quơ về những chuyện không đâu. (Her mind wandered idly to trivial matters.)
Variants and Related Words
- Bâng khuâng (adj): A state of pensive melancholy, wistfulness, or lingering sadness. (Note: This is a distinct word with a different meaning related to lingering emotion, not aimlessness.)
- Quơ (verb): To grab or sweep at something hastily or carelessly. (This is the root verb, giving "bâng quơ" a sense of a careless, sweeping action of the mind or speech.)
Synonyms
- Vu vơ: aimless, without a specific target (very close in meaning, often interchangeable).
- Lơ đãng: absent-minded, inattentive.
- Không đầu không cuối: without beginning or end; incoherent (describing speech/narrative).
Related Idioms/Phrases
- "Nói bâng quơ nói bâng quẩy": (A rhyming phrase) To talk nonsense or ramble aimlessly.
- Cậu ta cứ nói bâng quơ nói bâng quẩy mãi, chẳng hiểu ý gì. (He kept rambling on and on aimlessly; I couldn't understand his point.)
adj
- Vague
- nói vài câu chuyện bâng quơto say a few vague words for conversation's sake
- trả lời bâng quơto give a vague answer