đùa bỡn
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Definition
- Verb:
- To play pranks, to joke around in a lighthearted or teasing manner: "đùa bỡn" refers to the act of joking, teasing, or playing harmless tricks on someone, often for amusement and without serious intent.
- To trifle, to treat something lightly: It can also imply not taking a matter seriously, treating it as a jest.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Anh ấy thích đùa bỡn với bạn bè. (He likes to joke around with his friends.)
- Đừng đùa bỡn với cảm xúc của người khác. (Don't trifle with other people's feelings.)
Advanced Usage
"đùa bỡn qua loa": to joke in a superficial or careless way.
- Anh ta chỉ đùa bỡn qua loa chứ không có ý xấu. (He was just joking superficially, with no ill intent.)
"thói đùa bỡn": the habit of joking/teasing.
- Thói đùa bỡn của anh ấy đôi khi khiến mọi người khó chịu. (His habit of joking sometimes makes people uncomfortable.)
Variants and Related Words
- Đùa (verb): to joke, to jest. This is a more general and common term for joking.
- Bỡn (verb, less common alone): to tease, to jest. Often used in combination with "đùa" for emphasis.
- Trêu chọc (verb): to tease, to poke fun at. Similar but can imply more persistent teasing.
- Giỡn (verb, Southern Vietnamese dialect): to joke, to play around. A synonym for "đùa".
Synonyms
- Nói đùa: to say something as a joke.
- Trêu ghẹo: to tease, to flirt playfully.
- Chòng ghẹo: to banter, to tease (often in a friendly way).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
Note: Vietnamese does not have phrasal verbs in the same structure as English. The concept is expressed through verb combinations or adverbs. - Đùa bỡn cho vui: to joke around for fun. - Chúng tôi chỉ đùa bỡn cho vui thôi. (We were just joking around for fun.)
Related Idioms
Đùa dai như đỉa đói: (lit. to joke persistently like a hungry leech) To joke excessively or beyond the point of being funny.
- Thôi đi, đừng có đùa dai như đỉa đói nữa! (Stop it, don't keep joking so persistently!)
Đùa cho chết: (lit. to joke to death) To joke in an extreme or risky manner.
- Đừng đùa cho chết như thế, nguy hiểm lắm. (Don't joke around so recklessly, it's very dangerous.)
- Play pranks, trifle
- Đừng đùa bỡn như thếStop playing such pranks