bĩu
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Definition
- Verb:
- To purse, to pout: To push one's lips forward or outward, often in a tight or protruding manner, to express dissatisfaction, disdain, scorn, or contempt.
- To show contempt/disdain with one's lips: A facial gesture using the mouth and lips to non-verbally communicate negative judgment or mockery.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Cô ấy chỉ bĩu môi rồi bỏ đi mà không nói gì. (She just pouted/pursed her lips and walked away without saying a word.)
- Nghe xong câu chuyện, anh ta bĩu môi tỏ vẻ không tin. (After hearing the story, he pursed his lips to show disbelief.)
- Đừng có bĩu môi bĩu mỏ khi người khác đang nói! (Don't pout and purse your lips when someone else is speaking!)
Advanced Usage
"bĩu môi": This is the most common and standard collocation. It specifically means to pout or purse one's lips.
- Cậu bé bĩu môi vì không được mua đồ chơi. (The little boy pouted because he wasn't bought a toy.)
"bĩu môi bĩu mỏ": An intensified or more vivid phrase. "Mỏ" here is a colloquial term for mouth/lips, reinforcing the gesture of disdain.
- Cô ấy bĩu môi bĩu mỏ chê món ăn không ngon. (She pouted and sneered, complaining that the food wasn't tasty.)
Variants and Related Words
- Nhăn mặt (verb): To frown, to grimace. (A related facial expression of displeasure, but focuses more on the whole face or forehead rather than specifically the lips.)
- Chê bai (verb): To criticize, to disparage. (This is the verbal action that the gesture "bĩu môi" often accompanies.)
Synonyms
- Mím môi (verb): To press one's lips together tightly. (Can sometimes overlap in expressing determination or suppressed emotion, but "bĩu" specifically implies a protruding, scornful pout.)
- Chu mỏ (verb, colloquial): To pout one's lips out. (A very close synonym, often used interchangeably with "bĩu môi".)
Related Phrases
- Làm bộ bĩu môi: To put on a pouting face, to make a show of pouting.
- Nó làm bộ bĩu môi giận dỗi với mẹ. (He put on a pouting face to sulk with his mother.)
Related Idioms
- Bĩu môi chê đắt: To pout and complain that something is too expensive. (A common idiom describing the gesture of disdain towards a high price.)
- Khách hàng bĩu môi chê đắt rồi không mua. (The customer pouted, complaining it was too expensive, and didn't buy it.)
verb
- To purse, to pout
- bĩu môi chê đắtto pout one's lips and complain that the thing is too dear
- môi bĩu rahis lips pouted
- bĩu môi bĩu mỏto pout and purse one's lips