bự
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Thickly coated with, lumpy with (often with a negative connotation): Describes something covered with a thick, uneven, or excessive layer of a substance, implying criticism or distaste.
- Big, large (Southern Vietnamese dialect): Describes something of considerable size, volume, or importance. This meaning is common in Southern Vietnamese speech.
Usage Examples
- Adjective (Thickly coated):
- Mặt bự phấn. (A face thick with/caked with powder.)
- Đôi má bự những thịt. (Cheeks lumpy with flesh.)
- Adjective (Big, large):
- Trái xoài bự. (A big mango.)
- Nhà giàu hạng bự. (A big money-bags / a very wealthy person.)
Advanced Usage
- "hạng bự": A high-ranking, powerful, or influential category/class.
- Hạng người tai to mặt bự. (The set of big shots / VIPs.)
- Used to emphasize an extreme degree of size or status, often in colloquial Southern speech.
Variants and Related Words
- Bự con (adj, phrase): Very big, huge (often used for people or animals). This is a common compound in Southern Vietnamese.
- Con chó đó bự con quá! (That dog is so huge!)
- Bự chảng (adj, phrase): Clumsily large, bulky, oversized.
- Cái vali bự chảng. (A bulky suitcase.)
Synonyms
- To, lớn: Big, large (neutral synonyms for size).
- Dày cộm: Thick, lumpy (for the "coated" meaning).
- Cồng kềnh: Bulky, cumbersome.
Related Phrases/Idioms
- Tai to mặt bự: Literally "big ears, large face." An idiom describing powerful, influential people (big shots, VIPs).
- Anh ta giờ thuộc hạng tai to mặt bự rồi. (He's now among the big shots.)
- Giàu bự: Very rich, filthy rich (Southern dialect).
- Ông chủ mới giàu bự lắm. (The new boss is filthy rich.)
adj
- Lumpy with, thick with (hàm ý chê)
- mặt bự phấna face thick with make-up, a face heavily made-up
- đôi má bự những thịtcheeks lumpy with flesh
- Big
- trái xoài bựa big mango
- nhà giàu hạng bựa big money-bags
- hạng người tai to mặt bựthe set of big shots