bức
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓɨk̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓɨk̚˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓɨk̚˦˥]
- Homophone: bứt
Etymology 1 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 逼 (“force”).
Verb edit
bức
Adjective edit
bức
- disturbed, upset, unsettled
- Trời bức lắm, có lẽ sắp mưa.
- The sky is unsettled; it must be about to rain.
- (weather) unbearably hot
- 1957, Đoàn Giỏi, chapter 4, in Đất rừng phương Nam, Kim Đồng:
- Không có lấy một chút gió nhẹ cho đỡ bức.
- There was not the slightest bit of wind to dispel the heat.
See also edit
Derived terms
Etymology 2 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 幅 (“classifier”).
Classifier edit
bức
- indicates walls, barriers, handwritten letters, drawings, paintings, photographs, sculptures or statues
See also edit
References edit
- "bức" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)