phá bĩnh

Vietnamese

Etymology

phá (“破, to ruin; destroy; dispel”) +‎ bĩnh (“poop”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [faː˧˦ ʔɓïŋ˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [faː˨˩˦ ʔɓɨn˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [faː˦˥ ʔɓɨn˨˩˦]

Verb

phá bĩnh

1. (colloquial, dated) to disrupt; to interrupt; to be a killjoy (toward); to ruin (a situation; especially of a good time)

   Tôi không muốn làm kẻ phá bĩnh. ― I don't want to be a killjoy (...a jerk to be a killjoy).