bỗ bã

See also: boba, bộ ba, and боба

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓo˦ˀ˥ ʔɓaː˦ˀ˥]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓow˧˨ ʔɓaː˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓow˨˩˦ ʔɓaː˨˩˦]

Adjective

bỗ bã

  1. (of food) abundant but insipid
  2. coarse, uncouth
    • 2016, chapter 3, in Nguyễn Đức Vịnh, transl., Đừng nói chuyện với cô ấy, part II, NXB Phụ Nữ, translation of 别和她说话 by Yù Jǐn (Ngộ Cẩn):
      Cô ta tính tình cởi mở, thậm chí còn hơi bỗ bã, khi làm việc thì khá cẩu thả.
      She was open-hearted verging on rude, and quite careless in her work.
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