bưa
Definition
- Adverb:
- Enough, sufficiently: Indicates an adequate or satisfactory amount or degree.
- Quite, rather: Used to emphasize a quality or state to a noticeable extent.
Usage Examples
- Adverb:
- Nó ăn bưa rồi. (He has eaten enough.)
- Cái áo này dài bưa. (This shirt is quite long.)
- Tôi ngủ bưa rồi. (I have slept sufficiently.)
Advanced Usage
- "bưa rồi": Often used together to mean "enough already" or "sufficiently," indicating completion or satisfaction of a need.
- Uống nước bưa rồi. (Have drunk enough water.)
- Used to modify adjectives or verbs directly, typically placed after them.
- Đẹp bưa. (Quite beautiful.)
Variants and Related Words
- Đủ: The standard and more common Vietnamese word for "enough."
- Khá: Can mean "rather" or "quite," similar to one nuance of .
- Tương đối: Means "relatively," sharing the sense of degree.
Synonyms
- Đủ: Enough, sufficient.
- Khá: Rather, quite.
- Vừa đủ: Just enough.
Notes on Usage
- Register: is primarily a dialectal word. It is not part of the standard Vietnamese vocabulary and is considered colloquial, regional, or archaic.
- Common Regions: Its usage is often associated with certain regional dialects or older speech patterns.
- Modern Context: In contemporary standard Vietnamese, đủ is universally used for "enough." may be encountered in literature depicting regional speech, in conversations among speakers from specific areas, or in fixed expressions understood within certain communities.