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bĩu

Cô ấy chỉ bĩu môi, không nói gì khi nghe đề nghị đó.

Definition
  1. 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:
    • ấy chỉ bĩu môi rồi bỏ đi không nói . (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 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 bĩu môi 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.

    • 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.
    • 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.)
bĩu

Cô ấy chỉ bĩu môi, không nói gì khi nghe đề nghị đó.

verb
  1. To purse, to pout
    • bĩu môi chê đắt
      to pout one's lips and complain that the thing is too dear
    • môi bĩu ra
      his lips pouted
    • bĩu môi bĩu mỏ
      to pout and purse one's lips