bông lơn
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
Verb:
- To jest, to joke, to banter: "bông lơn" refers to the act of speaking or behaving in a playful, teasing, or joking manner, often with a connotation of being frivolous or lacking seriousness.
- To flirt (in a light, teasing way): It can also describe playful, teasing behavior that has a flirtatious undertone, though not necessarily with serious romantic intent.
Adjective:
- Jesting, joking, playful: Describes a person who frequently engages in jesting or a manner of speech/behavior that is characterized by playful teasing.
Usage Examples
Verb:
- Anh ấy thích bông lơn với mọi người. (He likes to jest with everyone.)
- Đừng bông lơn về chuyện nghiêm túc như vậy. (Don't joke about such a serious matter.)
Adjective:
- Cô ấy có tính hay bông lơn. (She has a jesting personality.)
- Anh ta trả lời bằng một giọng bông lơn. (He answered in a playful/teasing tone.)
Advanced Usage
"nói chuyện bông lơn": to talk in a jesting/bantering manner.
- Họ ngồi quán cà phê nói chuyện bông lơn cả buổi. (They sat in the coffee shop talking and joking all afternoon.)
"bông lơn sỗ sàng": to joke or banter in an overly familiar, forward, or impudent way.
- Anh ta bị khiển trách vì thái độ bông lơn sỗ sàng với khách hàng. (He was reprimanded for his overly familiar jesting attitude with customers.)
Variants and Related Words
- Bỡn (verb): to tease, to joke (often lighter and less frivolous than "bông lơn").
- Đùa (verb): to joke, to kid (a more general and neutral term for joking).
- Nói đùa (verb phrase): to speak jokingly.
Synonyms
- Nói đùa: to joke.
- Giỡn: to jest, to play around (common in Southern Vietnamese).
- Trêu chọc: to tease.
Related Idioms/Phrases
- Ăn nói bông lơn: to speak in a frivolous/jesting manner.
- Cậu ấy ăn nói bông lơn nên đôi khi bị hiểu lầm là thiếu tôn trọng. (He speaks in a jesting manner so sometimes he is misunderstood as being disrespectful.)
- Jest, wag
- có tính hay bông lơnto like a jest
- nói chuyện bông lơn sỗ sàngto talk jestingly and over-freely