bướng

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Một cậu bé bướng bỉnh nhất quyết không chịu mặc áo ấm.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Stubborn / Obstinate: Refusing to change one's opinion, attitude, or course of action despite good arguments or reasons to do so. It implies a rigid, unyielding nature.
   • Self-willed / Headstrong: Determined to have one's own way, often without regard for others' advice or rules.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Đứa trẻ này rất bướng. (This child is very stubborn.)
  • Nó đã sai nhưng vẫn còn bướng. (He was wrong but remained obstinate.)
  • Tính cô ấy bướng lắm. (Her disposition is very self-willed.)

Advanced Usage

• "cãi bướng": to argue stubbornly; to talk back obstinately.
  • Nó không nghe lời mà còn cãi bướng. (He didn't listen and even talked back obstinately.)
• The word often carries a negative connotation of being unreasonable or difficult to manage, especially when describing children or uncooperative behavior.

Variants and Related Words

• Bướng bỉnh (adj): An intensified form meaning very stubborn, pig-headed.
  • Thái độ bướng bỉnh của anh ta khiến mọi người bực mình. (His pig-headed attitude annoyed everyone.)
• Cứng đầu (adj): Literally "hard-headed"; a close synonym for stubborn.

Synonyms

• Stubborn: Unreasonably obstinate.
• Obstinate: Stubbornly refusing to change.
• Headstrong: Self-willed and determined.
• Willful: Deliberately stubborn.

Related Idioms

• Bướng như bò / trâu: As stubborn as an ox/buffalo. This idiom emphasizes extreme, animal-like stubbornness.
  • Đừng có bướng như bò thế! (Don't be as stubborn as an ox!)

Học thuật

adj

1. Obstinate, stubborn, self-willed
   • đã sai còn bướng
     though he was wrong, he still argued stubbornly
   • tính rất bướng
     to be very obstinate in disposition