Definition

1. Numeral (Colloquial):

   • Thirty: A common spoken or informal term for the number thirty.

2. Verb:

   • To chop; to mince: To cut something, especially food, into very small pieces using repeated, forceful motions with a knife or cleaver.
   • To hack; to slash (figurative): Used figuratively to describe violently cutting or tearing something apart.

Usage Examples

• Numeral:

  • Hà Nội băm sáu phố phường. (Hanoi's thirty-six streets and guilds.)
  • Anh ấy đã băm tuổi rồi. (He is already thirty years old.)

• Verb:

  • Cô ấy băm thịt để làm chả. (She minced the meat to make pork paste.)
  • Người nông dân băm rau cho lợn ăn. (The farmer chopped vegetables for the pigs to eat.)

Advanced Usage

• The figurative use of the verb can convey extreme violence or anger.
  • Nó băm thây xé xác mày ra! (He would hack your body to pieces!)

Variants and Related Words

• Băm bèo thái khoai (Idiomatic Verb Phrase): Literally "to chop duckweed and slice sweet potato," meaning to handle simple, everyday chores.
• Thịt băm (Noun): Minced meat, ground meat.

Synonyms

• Numeral: Ba mươi (thirty).
• Verb: Chặt (to chop), thái nhỏ (to cut small), xắt (to slice).

Related Idioms

• Băm thây xé xác: To hack and tear a body apart; used to express a threat of extreme violence or utter destruction.

number

1. Thirty
   • Hà Nội băm sáu phố phường
     Hanoi had thirty streets

verb

1. to chop; to mince
   • băm thịt
     To mince meat
   • băm rau lợn
     to chop pig's fodder