Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Buxom, plump: Describes a woman who is attractively full-figured, with a pleasantly plump and healthy appearance, often implying a fair or white complexion.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cô ấy trông thật phôm phốp và khỏe mạnh. (She looks so buxom and healthy.)
  • Người đàn bà phôm phốp ấy có nước da trắng hồng. (That plump woman has a fair, rosy complexion.)

Advanced Usage

• This word is used almost exclusively to describe women and carries a connotation of attractive, healthy plumpness, often associated with a fair skin tone. It is not typically used in a negative or pejorative sense.

Variants and Related Words

• Phốp (adj): A shorter, more colloquial form with the same meaning. "Phôm phốp" is the full, descriptive form.
  • Bà ấy béo phốp. (She is plump.)

Synonyms

• Đẫy đà (adj): Plump, full-figured (also used positively for women).
• Mập mạp (adj): Chubby, plump (can be used more generally, sometimes less specific to fair skin).
• Tròn trịa (adj): Rounded, well-proportioned.

Notes on Meaning

• The word specifically combines the ideas of plumpness ("béo") and a fair/white complexion ("trắng"), as indicated in the Vietnamese-Vietnamese definition "Nói béo trắng". It describes a specific, culturally recognized aesthetic of beauty.

1. Buxom, plump (nói về đàn bà)