bậy

Vietnamese

Etymology

Related to, or contaminated by, bấy (“crushed”), as seen in compounds like nát bậy and rã bậy.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓəj˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓəj˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓəj˨˩˨]

Adjective

bậy • (備, 敗, 呸)

  1. morally wrong
  2. false

Derived terms

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