bẻ

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *pɛh, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *pih ~ *peh ~ *pɛh; cognates include Khmer បេហ (beeh).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɛ˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɛ˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɛ˨˩˦]

Verb

bẻ • (把, 𢯏)

1. to pluck, to break into two

   bẻ đôi ổ bánh mì.

   to split a loaf of bread into two.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bắt bẻ