Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Filthy, dirty, unclean: Describes something that is very dirty, soiled, or impure, often in a way that is unpleasant or repulsive. It emphasizes a state of being sullied or contaminated.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Căn phòng này trông thật nhơ bẩn. (This room looks filthy.)
  • Anh ấy không muốn chạm vào những thứ nhơ bẩn. (He doesn't want to touch dirty things.)
  • Sau trận bão, đường phố ngập trong nước nhơ bẩn. (After the storm, the streets were flooded with filthy water.)

Advanced Usage

• Used figuratively to describe corrupt or immoral behavior: While the primary meaning is physical dirtiness, "nhơ bẩn" can be used metaphorically to describe dishonest, corrupt, or morally impure actions.
  • Những âm mưu nhơ bẩn của họ cuối cùng cũng bị phơi bày. (Their dirty schemes were finally exposed.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nhơ (adj): Often used in literary or formal contexts to mean dirty or sullied, especially in a moral sense. It can be a component of "nhơ bẩn" but also stands alone.
  • Danh dự không thể bị nhơ. (Honor cannot be sullied.)
• Bẩn (adj): The more common and general word for "dirty." "Nhơ bẩn" is a stronger, more emphatic synonym.
  • Tay bạn bẩn quá! (Your hands are so dirty!)
• Dơ bẩn (adj): A synonym for "nhơ bẩn," with "dơ" being a common Southern Vietnamese term for "dirty."
• Bẩn thỉu (adj): Very dirty, grimy, foul. Similar in strength to "nhơ bẩn."

Synonyms

• Dơ dáy: Dirty, grimy.
• Cáu bẩn: Grimy, coated with dirt.
• Dơ: Dirty (common in Southern Vietnamese).
• Ô uế: Defiled, polluted (often with a stronger sense of contamination or impurity).

Antonyms

• Sạch sẽ: Clean.
• Tinh khiết: Pure.
• Vệ sinh: Sanitary, hygienic.

1. Filthy, dirty unclean