ếnh

Thân thiện

Cậu bé uống nhiều nước quá nên bụng ếnh ra.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Swollen, distended (specifically referring to the abdomen): Describes a state of being bloated or having a protruding belly, often due to overconsumption of food or liquid.
   • (Humorous) Appearing pregnant, big with child: Used jokingly to describe someone (or something) with a very round, protruding belly that resembles pregnancy.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Uống nhiều nước quá, bụng ếnh ra rồi. (I drank too much water, my belly is swollen.)
  • Ăn no quá, bụng ếnh cả lên. (I ate too much, my belly is all bloated.)
  • (Đùa) Con mới một tuổi mà mẹ nó đã ếnh bụng ra rồi. ((Jokingly) Her child is only one year old, but she already looks big with child again.)

Advanced Usage

• "Ếnh bụng": This is the most common collocation, meaning "to have a swollen/distended belly."
  • Sau bữa tiệc, ai nấy đều ếnh bụng. (After the feast, everyone had a distended belly.)

Variants and Related Words

• Phình (v): To swell, to bulge (more general, can apply to various objects like tires, sacks).
• Trướng (adj): Bloated, distended (often used in a medical or more formal context, e.g., - bloated abdomen).
• Căng (adj): Tight, taut, full (can describe a full stomach but implies tightness from being full, not necessarily swollen).

Synonyms

• Phình ra: To bulge out.
• Căng phồng: To be inflated/swollen.

Notes on Usage

• The word "ếnh" is primarily used in informal, colloquial Vietnamese.
• Its usage is almost exclusively related to the stomach/abdomen (bụng). It is not typically used for other body parts or objects.
• The humorous meaning ("big with child") is context-dependent and should be used with caution, only in very familiar settings.

Học thuật

1. Swell (nói về bụng)
   • Uống nhiều nước quá ễnh bụng
     To have a swelling belly for having drunk too munch water.
2. (đùa) Be big with child
   • Con mới một tuổi mà đã ễnh bụng ra rồi
     To be already big with child while the baby one has previously had is hardly one