bậu
Pronunciation
Northern
/ɓə̰ʔw˨˩/
Central
/ɓə̰w˨˨/
Southern
/ɓəw˨˩˨/
you
Pronoun
you
4 senses
Details
4 senses
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Details
4 senses
Pronoun
Sense 1
Pronoun
you
Pronouns & Demonstratives
A personal pronoun used to address the person being spoken to, often in an intimate or regional way.
vi Bậu đi đâu mà vội vàng thế?
en Where are you going in such a hurry?
Sense 2
Pronoun
you
An affectionate pronoun used by a husband to address his wife, typical in some southern regions of Vietnam.
vi Bậu hãy nghỉ ngơi đi, việc nhà cứ để tôi lo.
en You should rest; I will take care of the housework.
Noun
Sense 3
Noun
windowsill
The horizontal shelf at the bottom of a window, either inside or outside a building.
vi Con mèo đang ngồi sưởi nắng trên bậu cửa sổ.
en The cat is sitting in the sun on the windowsill.
Verb
Sense 4
Verb
gather variant
A variant spelling of the word meaning to come together in a group or to collect in one place.
vi Những con kiến bậu lại xung quanh mẩu bánh ngọt.
en The ants gather around the piece of cake.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𧔙
Candidates by syllable
bậu
𧔙
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.