bỉ

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "bi"

Tày[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Vietnamese bí.

Verb[edit]

bỉ

  1. to clog; unable to get out
    bỉ xu khêm ― to be in a fix (literally, “to be clogged at the needle's eye”)
    đăng bỉ ― clogged nose

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

bỉ

  1. butterfly
    bỉ bươn slam ― March butterflies
  2. moth
    bỉ mọn ― silk moth
    slắn bặng bỉ phủ ― to shrivel like a male moth

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[1][2] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Is this a Sino-Vietnamese word from 鄙, or a Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 鄙 (SV: {{{3}}})?”

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

bỉ

  1. to despise, to slight
    những điều ham muốn ấy thật đáng bỉ ― such desires are despicable indeed
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