Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Bluish-black, bruised, purplish: Describes a dark, bruised color, often resulting from injury or indicating a deep, dark shade.
   • Dark, deep (color): Describes a very deep or dark shade of a color, like brown or red.

2. Noun (archaic, dialectal):

   • Mother, mama: An affectionate, rustic term for one's mother, often used in folk poetry or by people from rural areas.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Môi tím bầm lạnh. (Lips turning bluish-black from the cold.)
  • Bị đánh bầm cả người. (To be beaten black and blue all over.)
  • Áo nâu bầm. (A dark brown/blackish-brown jacket.)
  • Đỏ bầm. (A deep, purplish red.)

• Noun:

  • Bầm ơi, bầm có khỏe không? (Oh Mama, are you well?)

Advanced Usage

• "bầm gan tím ruột": An idiom meaning "to be black in the face (with rage), to be purple with anger," describing extreme fury.
  • Nghe tin ấy, ông ấy bầm gan tím ruột. (Hearing that news, he was purple with rage.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bầm dập (adj): Severely bruised, battered. This is a compound word.
  • Cánh tay bầm dập sau tai nạn. (The arm was badly bruised after the accident.)
• Bầm tím (adj): Bruised, black and blue. This is a compound word.
  • Vết bầm tím trên chân. (A bruise on the leg.)

Synonyms

• Thâm tím (adj): Bruised, livid.
• Tím bầm (adj): Bluish-purple, bruised (often used interchangeably with ).
• Mẹ (n): Mother (standard term).

Related Idioms

• Bầm gan tím ruột: See "Advanced Usage" above. This is the primary idiom featuring the word.

noun

1. (cũ) Mama

adj

1. bluish black
   • môi tím bầm lại
     lips turning bluish black
   • bị đánh bầm cả người
     to be beaten black and blue
   • áo nâu bầm
     a black brown jacket
   • đỏ bầm
     purple
   • bầm gan tím ruột
     black in the face (with rage), purple with anger