Definition

1. Adjective (Colloquial, Emphatic):
   • Extremely drunk; completely inebriated: An intensified, informal expression for being heavily under the influence of alcohol, beyond just "say" (drunk). It emphasizes a state of total drunkenness, often with a connotation of being visibly and messily drunk.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Sau bữa tiệc, anh ta say bét nhè và không thể tự lái xe về. (After the party, he was extremely drunk and couldn't drive home himself.)
  • Đừng uống thêm nữa, mày sẽ say bét nhè đấy. (Don't drink any more, you'll get completely wasted.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase is often used for humorous or hyperbolic effect to describe someone's state. It is very casual and not used in formal writing.

Variants and Related Words

• Say (adj): drunk, intoxicated.

  • Anh ấy chỉ uống hai ly đã say. (He got drunk after just two glasses.)

• Say khướt (adj): another colloquial term for very drunk.

  • Ông ấy về nhà trong tình trạng say khướt. (He came home in a state of being dead drunk.)

Synonyms

• Blind drunk: extremely intoxicated.
• Wasted: very drunk (slang).
• Hammered: very drunk (slang).

Related Idioms

• Say bí tỉ: a synonymous idiom meaning completely and utterly drunk.
  • Họ nâng ly chúc mừng cho đến khi say bí tỉ. (They toasted until they were completely plastered.)