Definition

1. Noun:

   • A pot-bellied statue: A figurine, typically made of wood, ceramic, or porcelain, depicting a person with a large, protruding belly, often used as a child's toy or decorative object.
   • (Informal) A pot-bellied person: Used to refer to a person, especially a man, with a large, round belly.

2. Adjective:

   • Pot-bellied, dumpy, squat: Describing something or someone that is stout, broad, and has a large, protruding belly. It conveys a sense of being plump and solidly built.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • Trẻ con thích chơi với ông phệnh bằng sứ. (Children like to play with the porcelain pot-bellied statue.)
  • Ông ấy trông giống một ông phệnh. (He looks like a pot-bellied man.)

• Adjective:

  • Anh ta ngồi phệnh giữa sàn nhà. (He sat squatly/dumpily in the middle of the floor.)
  • Chiếc bình có dáng phệnh. (The vase has a pot-bellied shape.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "phệnh" is inherently informal and often carries a neutral or slightly humorous, affectionate tone when describing a person's physique. It is not typically used in formal writing.
• It can be used metaphorically to describe objects with a rounded, bulging shape reminiscent of a pot belly.

Variants and Related Words

• Phễnh (adj/variant spelling): An alternate, less common spelling with the same meaning (e.g., ).
• Bụng phệ (noun phrase): A pot belly. This is a related term focusing specifically on the belly itself.
  • Ông ấy có cái bụng phệ. (He has a pot belly.)

Synonyms

• Bụng phệ (pot-bellied): Specifically refers to having a large belly.
• Mập (fat, chubby): A more general term for being plump or fat.
• Lùn mập (short and stout): Emphasizes both short stature and a stout build.
• Ị (squat, dumpy): Colloquial term for a short, stout person or object.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Ngồi phệnh xuống: To plop/sit down heavily and solidly.
  • Mệt quá, nó ngồi phệnh xuống đất. (So tired, he plopped down onto the ground.)
• Dáng phệnh: A pot-bellied or dumpy figure/shape.
  • Chiếc ấm trà có dáng phệnh ngộ nghĩnh. (The teapot has a funny, pot-bellied shape.)

1. Pot-bellied statue
   • Ông phệnh bằng sứ
     a chia pot-billied statue
2. Dumpy, squat