Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Fat, plump, corpulent: Describes a person or animal that has a large, heavy body with a lot of excess flesh or fat.
   • Portly, stout: Often used to describe a man, particularly an older one, who is large and round in a somewhat dignified or imposing way.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Ông ấy trông rất to béo. (He looks very fat / corpulent.)
  • Sau kỳ nghỉ, con mèo nhà tôi trở nên to béo hơn. (After the holiday, my cat became plumper.)
  • Vị khách to béo đó là giám đốc mới của công ty. (That portly gentleman is the new director of the company.)

Advanced Usage

• "to béo mập": An emphatic or redundant compound meaning "very fat" or "obese." (Note: This is a compound form listed separately as a variant.)
• "người to béo": A fat/portly person.
  • Cửa hàng này có nhiều quần áo cho người to béo. (This store has a lot of clothes for portly people.)

Variants and Related Words

• Béo (adj): Fat, fatty, greasy. This is the root adjective. "To béo" emphasizes large size combined with fatness.
• Mập (adj): Plump, chubby. Often less formal and can be slightly less negative than "béo."
• To béo mập (adj phrase): Very fat, obese. An intensified form.
• Phì nhiêu (adj): Fertile, rich (for land); sometimes used humorously or euphemistically for a person.
• Ú na ú nần (adj): Very plump and cute (often used for babies or young children).

Synonyms

• Béo phì (adj): Obese (clinical/formal term).
• Mũm mĩm (adj): Chubby, plump (usually in a cute, positive way).
• Tròn trịa (adj): Well-rounded, plump (can be used for objects or people, often neutrally or positively).

Antonyms

• Gầy (adj): Thin, skinny.
• Ốm (adj): Thin, slim; can also mean sick.
• Mảnh khảnh (adj): Slender, slim.

Related Idioms and Expressions

• Béo tốt: Fat and prosperous/healthy. Used to describe someone who is plump and looks healthy or well-off.
  • Anh ta trông béo tốt sau chuyến đi. (He looks plump and well after the trip.)
• Ăn nên làm ra, da dẻ hồng hào to béo: A saying implying that success (in business/life) leads to a rosy, plump complexion. Highlights a traditional association between plumpness and prosperity.

adj

1. corpulent, portly