Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Messy, untidy, disorderly: Describes a state where things are scattered, not neatly arranged, or in disarray.
   • Cluttered, littered: Describes a space filled with a disorderly collection of objects.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Căn phòng này trông rất bừa bộn. (This room looks very messy.)
  • Bàn làm việc của anh ấy luôn bừa bộn giấy tờ. (His desk is always cluttered with papers.)
  • Đừng để đồ đạc bừa bộn như thế. (Don't leave things lying around in such a disorderly way.)

Advanced Usage

• "sống bừa bộn": to live in a messy/untidy way.
  • Anh ta có thói quen sống khá bừa bộn. (He has a habit of living quite messily.)
• "đầu óc bừa bộn": a cluttered/disorganized mind (figurative).
  • Tôi chẳng nghĩ được gì khi đầu óc đang bừa bộn. (I can't think of anything when my mind is in disarray.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bừa (adj/adv): Often used to emphasize careless or disorderly action. Can be combined with other words.
  • làm bừa: to do something carelessly/sloppily.
  • vứt bừa: to throw something down carelessly.
• Bộn (This is rarely used alone in modern Vietnamese; it primarily appears in the compound "bừa bộn").
• Lộn xộn (adj): Chaotic, disorderly (often for situations or abstract things, but can overlap with "bừa bộn").
  • mọi thứ diễn ra lộn xộn: everything happened chaotically.

Synonyms

• Lộn xộn: disorderly, chaotic.
• Không ngăn nắp: not neat/tidy.
• Lèm bèm (colloquial): messy, untidy.

Antonyms

• Ngăn nắp: neat, tidy, orderly.
• Gọn gàng: neat, tidy, organized.
• Chỉn chu: meticulous, neat.

1. Lying about disorderly, littering
   • quần áo vứt bừa bộn khắp nơi
     clothing lying about disorderly everywhere
   • nhà cửa bừa bộn giấy má đồ đạc
     the house was littered with papers and pieces of furniture