búp-bê

búp-bê

Em bé ôm con búp-bê đi ngủ.

Definition
  1. Noun:
    • Doll: A small-scale model of a human figure, typically used as a toy for children.
    • Figurative, a person (often a woman) who is excessively delicate, submissive, or controlled by others: Used to describe someone who is passive or lacks independence, like a doll being manipulated.
Usage Examples
  • Noun:
    • Em bé ôm con búp- đi ngủ. (The baby hugs the doll to sleep.)
    • ấy trang điểm ăn mặc như một con búp-. (She puts on makeup and dresses like a doll.)
    • Đừng sống như một con búp-, hãy tự quyết định cuộc đời mình. (Don't live like a doll; decide your own life.)
Advanced Usage
  • "búp- tình dục" (sex doll): An adult doll designed for sexual purposes.

    • Cửa hàng đó bán đồ chơi người lớn như búp- tình dục. (That store sells adult toys like sex dolls.)
  • "búp- Nga" (Russian doll / Matryoshka): A set of wooden dolls of decreasing sizes placed one inside another.

    • Tôi mua một bộ búp- Nga làm quà lưu niệm. (I bought a set of Russian dolls as a souvenir.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Búp bê (common spelling): The standard spelling, often written without the hyphen.

    • Cửa hàng đồ chơi nhiều loại búp bê. (The toy store has many types of dolls.)
  • Con búp bê: The most common colloquial form, using the classifier "con" for dolls and animals.

    • Con búp bê đó mái tóc vàng. (That doll has blonde hair.)
Synonyms
  • Doll: Toy figure.
  • Puppet: A movable model, often used figuratively for a person under another's control (similar to the figurative sense).
  • Mannequin: A dummy used to display clothes.
Related Idioms and Phrases
  • Làm búp-: To doll someone up; to dress and decorate someone (like a doll).

    • Mẹ thích làm búp- cho con gái. (The mother likes to doll her daughter up.)
  • Xinh như búp-: As pretty as a doll.

    • Đứa bé ấy xinh như búp-. (That child is as pretty as a doll.)