bẻ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "be"

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *pɛh (“to break in two, to pick”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *pih ~ *peh ~ *pɛh. Cognate with Arem pɛh, Khmu [Cuang] pɛh, Khmer បេះ (beh), Semai pèh.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɛ˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɛ˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɛ˨˩˦]

Verb

bẻ • (把, 𢯏)

to break; to snap
bẻ đôi ― to break/snap in two

một chữ bẻ đôi (cũng/còn) không biết ― to be illiterate / poorly educated (literally, “would not be able to even recognize a character broken in two”)

một nốt nhạc bẻ đôi (cũng/còn) không biết ― to be musically illiterate (literally, “would not be able to even recognize a musical note broken in two”)

See also

Derived terms

bắt bẻ
bẻ lái
vọp bẻ

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