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Tày
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Vietnamese bí.
Verb
bỉ
- to clog; unable to get out
- Synonym: tinh
- bỉ xu khêm ― to be in a fix (literally, “to be clogged at the needle's eye”)
- đăng bỉ ― clogged nose
Etymology 2
Noun
(classifier tua) bỉ
- butterfly
- bỉ bươn slam ― March butterflies
- moth
- mòn, quéng, đoắc, bỉ ― silkworm, cocoon, pupa, moth
- bỉ mọn ― silk moth
- slắn bặng bỉ phủ ― to shrivel like a male moth
Derived terms
References
- Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
- Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 鄙.
Pronunciation
Verb
bỉ
- to despise, to slight
- những điều ham muốn ấy thật đáng bỉ ― such desires are despicable indeed