ỏng

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Cô ấy đang ỏng bụng vì có mang.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Swollen, distended (especially of the abdomen): Describes a belly that is abnormally enlarged, often due to illness, parasites, or malnutrition.
   • Pregnant (colloquial, vulgar): Used informally and often crudely to describe a woman who is pregnant, emphasizing a visibly swollen belly.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Bụng ỏng đầy giun. (A swollen belly full of worms.)
  • Đứa trẻ suy dinh dưỡng bụng ỏng. (The malnourished child has a distended belly.)
  • Cô ấy ỏng rồi. (She's pregnant. / She's got a bun in the oven. [colloquial/vulgar])

Advanced Usage

• "ỏng bụng": A common compound phrase meaning "to have a swollen/distended belly" or, in vulgar slang, "to be pregnant".
  • Nó bị ỏng bụng vì bệnh gan. (He has a swollen belly due to liver disease.)
• "bụng ỏng đít beo": A vulgar, descriptive idiom referring to a state of malnutrition where the belly is swollen but the buttocks are shrunken.
  • Đứa bé nghèo khổ, bụng ỏng đít beo. (The poor child is malnourished, with a swollen belly and shrunken buttocks.)

Variants and Related Words

• Phình (v): To swell, to bulge. (More general term for swelling.)
• Trướng (adj): Bloated, distended (often from gas or fluid).
• Có mang (phrase): To be pregnant (standard, neutral term).
• Có bầu (phrase): To be pregnant (common, informal term).

Synonyms

• Phình to: Swollen, enlarged.
• Trướng lên: Bloated.
• Có chửa (colloquial/vulgar): To be pregnant.

Notes on Usage

• The word "ỏng" is primarily used in descriptive, often medical or socio-economic contexts related to health (e.g., parasitic infection, malnutrition).
• When used to mean "pregnant", it is considered colloquial and vulgar. It is impolite and reduces the state of pregnancy to a physical symptom. It should be avoided in formal or respectful communication.
• It frequently appears in fixed phrases like "ỏng bụng" or the idiom "bụng ỏng đít beo".

Học thuật

1. Swell
   • Bụng ỏng đầy giun
     A swollen belly full of worms