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ba phải

Pronunciation Northern /ɓaː˧˧ fa̰ːj˧˩˧/ Central /ɓaː˧˥ faːj˧˩˨/ Southern /ɓaː˧˧ faːj˨˩˦/
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indecisive
Adjective
indecisive
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Meaning
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Sense 1 Adjective
indecisive Appearance & PersonalityTheme

Describing a person who lacks strong opinions and tends to agree with whatever is being suggested.

vi Bạn không nên là một người ba phải trong mọi cuộc thảo luận.

en You should not be a person who lacks strong opinions in every discussion.

Sense 2 Adjective
yes-man

A person who consistently agrees with their superiors or peers to gain favor or avoid conflict.

vi Anh ta luôn ba phải để làm hài lòng cấp trên.

en He consistently agrees with his superiors to gain favor.

Parts
ba / phải / 爸沛
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
爸沛
Candidates by syllable
ba 爸 phải 沛
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.
Similar
bấp bênh / lòng mốt lòng hai / indecisive
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Use
thứ ba / tháng ba / nón ba tầm / ba mươi …
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