Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Innate; inborn: A quality, ability, or characteristic that a person is born with, not acquired through learning or experience.
   • Endowed; natural: Referring to a talent or capacity that is naturally present as a gift from birth.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cô ấy có tài năng âm nhạc phú bẩm. (She has an innate musical talent.)
  • Sự thông minh phú bẩm giúp anh ấy học rất nhanh. (His inborn intelligence helps him learn very quickly.)
  • Đó là khả năng phú bẩm, không phải do luyện tập. (That is an endowed ability, not from practice.)

Advanced Usage

• "phú bẩm" as a noun concept: Sometimes used to refer to the sum of one's innate gifts.
  • Phú bẩm của anh ấy thật đáng ngưỡng mộ. (His natural endowment is truly admirable.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bẩm sinh (adj): congenital, innate. Often used interchangeably with phú bẩm.

  • Tính cách bẩm sinh (innate personality)

• Thiên phú (n): natural gift, genius. Emphasizes a gifted talent.

  • Thiên phú hội họa (a gift for painting)

Synonyms

• Innate: Inborn; existing from birth.
• Inherent: Existing as a permanent, essential characteristic.
• Natural: Present by nature, not artificial.
• Congenital: (Especially of a disease or condition) present from birth.

Related Idioms

• Của trời cho: Literally "given by heaven"; a gift from God/nature. This idiom is conceptually related to as it describes a natural, unearned talent.
  • Giọng hát đó là của trời cho. (That singing voice is a gift from heaven.)

1. Innate, inborn,
   • Thông minh phú bẩm
     An innate intelligence