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Definition
  1. Noun:

    • Salary, stipend: Specifically refers to the official salary or stipend of a mandarin or government official in historical contexts.
    • Perk, windfall: An unexpected benefit, bonus, or piece of good fortune received outside of one's regular salary.
  2. Adjective:

    • High-pitched, treble: Describes a sound, especially a voice or musical note, that is high in pitch.
    • High, aloft: Describes something being lifted or held high up in the air.
  3. Adverb (used after a verb):

    • High up, aloft: Indicates the action of lifting or throwing something to a high position.
Usage Examples
  • Noun:

    • Ông quan sống bằng bổng của triều đình. (The mandarin lived on the court's stipend.)
    • Anh ta được một món bổng ngoài dự tính. (He received an unexpected windfall.)
  • Adjective:

    • Giọng hát của ấy rất bổng. (Her singing voice is very high-pitched.)
    • Cậu nhấc bổng gói hàng lên. (The boy lifted the package high up.)
  • Adverb:

    • Cầu thủ đá bổng quả bóng. (The player kicked the ball high up.)
Advanced Usage
  • The word is often used in classical or formal contexts when referring to official salaries. In modern usage, the nominal meaning is largely found in compound words, while the adjectival/adverbial meanings remain in active use.
  • The phrase (now high, now low) is a fixed expression used to describe fluctuating sounds or, metaphorically, changing fortunes or moods.
Variants and Related Words
  • Bổng lộc (n): Salary and perks (of an official).
  • Học bổng (n): Scholarship (literally, "study stipend").
  • Lương bổng (n): Salary and allowances.
  • Thăng bổng (v): To promote (in position and salary).
Synonyms
  • Noun: Stipend, emolument, perk, bonus, windfall.
  • Adjective: High, sharp (in pitch), treble, soaring.
Related Idioms and Phrases
  • Lên bổng xuống trầm: To rise high and fall low. Used literally for sound or metaphorically for the vicissitudes of life or emotion.
    • Cuộc đời lên bổng xuống trầm. (Life has its ups and downs.)
  • Được của bổng: To get a lucky windfall.
  • Bay bổng: To soar high (literally or figuratively, as in one's imagination).
    • Tâm hồn bay bổng theo âm nhạc. (The soul soars with the music.)
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Một cầu thủ đá bổng quả bóng lên trời.

noun
  1. Mandarin's salary
  2. Perquisites, perks
  3. Godsend, boon; a piece of just my luck
    • không dưng được cái bổng
      an unexpected piece of just my luck
adj
  1. High, high-pitched, treble
    • giọng bổng
      a high-pitched voice
    • tiếng sáo khi bổng khi trầm
      the flute's sound is now high now low
    • lên bổng xuống trầm
      to rise high and fall low
  2. dùng phụ sau động từ) High up
    • nhấc bổng lên
      to lift high up