phề phệ

Thân thiện

Người đàn ông phề phệ ngồi trên chiếc ghế gỗ.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Fat, plump, and heavy-looking: Describes a person or animal with a large, heavy, and often flabby or ungracefully bulky body shape. It emphasizes a visual impression of excessive, sagging flesh and a lack of athletic or slender form.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Ông ấy ngồi phề phệ trên ghế sofa. (He sat fat and heavy on the sofa.)
  • Con lợn nái trông thật phề phệ. (The sow looks very plump and bulky.)
  • Sau Tết, nhiều người cảm thấy mình phề phệ hơn. (After the Lunar New Year, many people feel fatter and heavier.)

Advanced Usage

• "phề phệ" is a láy word (a type of Vietnamese reduplicative) derived from the root "phệ". It is more expressive and vivid than the single root word. It often carries a slightly informal or descriptive tone and can imply a lack of agility or grace due to size.
  • Dáng người phề phệ khiến anh ấy di chuyển chậm chạp. (His bulky, heavy build makes him move slowly.)

Variants and Related Words

• Phệ (adj): Fat, plump. The root word, less vivid than "phề phệ".
  • Bụng anh ta đã hơi phệ. (His belly has become somewhat plump.)
• Béo phệ (adj): Very fat, obese. A common compound.
  • Đứa trẻ béo phệ. (The obese child.)
• Ú na ú nần (adj): Plump and cute (often used for babies or young children, with a positive connotation).
• Lù đù (adj): Clumsy, sluggish, often due to being overweight.

Synonyms

• Béo: Fat.
• Mập: Plump, chubby.
• Tròn trịa: Round, plump (can be neutral or positive).
• Nặng nề: Heavy, cumbersome (can refer to weight or mood).

Antonyms

• Gầy: Thin.
• Ốm: Slim, thin.
• Mảnh khảnh: Slender, slim.
• Thanh mảnh: Gracefully slender.

Notes on Meaning

• "Phề phệ" primarily describes physical appearance, specifically the visual and implied tactile sensation of excess, soft body mass. It is not typically used for objects.
• The word often has a neutral to slightly negative connotation, focusing on the ungraceful or excessive aspect of the fatness, unlike words like "ú na ú nần" which sound affectionate.
• It is commonly used in spoken and descriptive written Vietnamese.

Học thuật

1. xem phệ (láy)