Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Foamy, frothy, bubbly: Describes a liquid or substance that has formed or is covered with many small bubbles, like foam or froth. This often refers to saliva or a similar substance.
   • Drooling, slobbering: Describes the state of having saliva unintentionally flowing from the mouth.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Miệng đứa trẻ đầy bọt phều. (The child's mouth was full of foamy drool.)
  • Nước xà phòng phều lên khi khuấy mạnh. (The soap water became frothy when stirred vigorously.)
  • Con chó bị ốm, miệng cứ phều bọt. (The sick dog kept slobbering foam.)

Advanced Usage

• "phều bọt": to foam at the mouth; to have frothy saliva.
  • Cơn giận khiến anh ta tức đến phều bọt. (The rage made him so angry he was practically foaming at the mouth.)
• "nói phều phều": to talk in a way that produces excessive saliva or spittle; often implies speaking with great but uncontrolled emotion or vehemence.
  • Ông ấy nói phều phều khi tranh luận. (He talked with spittle flying during the argument.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sùi (adj, v): A more standard synonym meaning to froth, to foam, or to bubble up.
  • Nước canh sùi bọt. (The soup is bubbling.)
• Bọt (n): Foam, froth, lather, bubble.
  • bọt biển (sea foam), bọt xà phòng (soap bubbles)

Synonyms

• Sủi bọt: to bubble, to froth (emphasizes the action of bubbles forming).
• Chảy nước dãi: to drool, to slaver (emphasizes the flow of saliva without the foamy aspect).

Notes on Usage

• Register: The word "phều" is considered informal and is often used in specific regional dialects (địa phương). In formal writing or speech, "sùi" or "sủi bọt" is preferred.
• Context: It is most commonly used to describe frothy saliva, especially in contexts of illness, extreme emotion, or in young children and animals. It can also describe other frothy liquids.

1. (địa phương) như sùi