"bà" meaning in Vietnamese

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Noun

IPA: [ʔɓaː˨˩] [Hà-Nội], [ʔɓaː˦˩] [Huế], [ʔɓaː˨˩] [Hồ-Chí-Minh-City]
Etymology: Sino-Vietnamese word from 婆 (“grandmother”). In Chinese and Japanese, the same character actually corresponds to 爺/爷 (yé, “grandfather”), as opposed to 翁 (“old man”) which yields Vietnamese ông. Etymology templates: {{m|vi|婆|t=grandmother}} 婆 (“grandmother”), {{categorize|vi|Sino-Vietnamese words}}, {{vi-etym-sino|婆|grandmother}} Sino-Vietnamese word from 婆 (“grandmother”), {{m|zh|爺||grandfather}} 爺/爷 (yé, “grandfather”), {{m|zh|翁||old man}} 翁 (“old man”), {{ncog|vi|ông}} Vietnamese ông Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|||head=|tr=}} bà, {{vi-noun}} bà
  1. a grandmother
    Sense id: en-bà-vi-noun-kyn4ILzL
  2. an old woman; an old lady Categories (topical): Family, Female
    Sense id: en-bà-vi-noun-Y0aeGoHb Disambiguation of Family: 0 67 0 0 1 0 0 1 20 10 Disambiguation of Female: 1 82 1 0 1 0 0 1 9 5 Categories (other): Vietnamese nouns without classifiers Disambiguation of Vietnamese nouns without classifiers: 5 35 5 1 11 2 1 9 12 18
  3. (honorific) a lady, old or young Tags: honorific
    Sense id: en-bà-vi-noun-xrCEh0F3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bà nội, bà ngoại, đàn bà

Pronoun

IPA: [ʔɓaː˨˩] [Hà-Nội], [ʔɓaː˦˩] [Huế], [ʔɓaː˨˩] [Hồ-Chí-Minh-City]
Etymology: Sino-Vietnamese word from 婆 (“grandmother”). In Chinese and Japanese, the same character actually corresponds to 爺/爷 (yé, “grandfather”), as opposed to 翁 (“old man”) which yields Vietnamese ông. Etymology templates: {{m|vi|婆|t=grandmother}} 婆 (“grandmother”), {{categorize|vi|Sino-Vietnamese words}}, {{vi-etym-sino|婆|grandmother}} Sino-Vietnamese word from 婆 (“grandmother”), {{m|zh|爺||grandfather}} 爺/爷 (yé, “grandfather”), {{m|zh|翁||old man}} 翁 (“old man”), {{ncog|vi|ông}} Vietnamese ông Head templates: {{head|vi|pronoun|head=|tr=}} bà, {{vi-pronoun}} bà
  1. you, my grandmother
    Sense id: en-bà-vi-pron-OosuD7vy
  2. (informal, familiar) you, an old woman Tags: familiar, informal
    Sense id: en-bà-vi-pron-rcsFBAEm
  3. (formal) you, a woman about 40 or older Tags: formal
    Sense id: en-bà-vi-pron-v17L-GSd
  4. I/me, your grandmother
    Sense id: en-bà-vi-pron-PN9yTiB1
  5. (informal, familiar) I/me, an old woman Tags: familiar, informal
    Sense id: en-bà-vi-pron-8dTJGpQk
  6. (informal) you, a gal Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-bà-vi-pron-DXhG0U3n
  7. (narratology) she/her, an admirable/lovable old/deceased woman Categories (topical): Narratology
    Sense id: en-bà-vi-pron-ZNBVIAvL Categories (other): Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header, Vietnamese pronouns Disambiguation of Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header: 2 31 2 0 5 1 0 4 11 44 Disambiguation of Vietnamese pronouns: 2 15 2 8 12 9 8 11 14 19 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, narratology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bả [Southern, Vietnam], bà ấy, bà chúa, bà hoàng Related terms: ông

Download JSON data for bà meaning in Vietnamese (6.3kB)

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      "ipa": "[ʔɓaː˦˩]",
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          "english": "Girl, can you help me with this one?",
          "text": "Bà chỉ tôi chỗ này với.",
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          "she",
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        "Hà-Nội"
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      "ipa": "[ʔɓaː˦˩]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
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    },
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      "ipa": "[ʔɓaː˨˩]",
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        "Hồ-Chí-Minh-City"
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          "old",
          "old"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(formal) you, a woman about 40 or older"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "I/me, your grandmother"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "I",
          "I"
        ],
        [
          "me",
          "me"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Vietnamese familiar terms",
        "Vietnamese informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "I/me, an old woman"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, familiar) I/me, an old woman"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "familiar",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Vietnamese informal terms",
        "Vietnamese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Girl, can you help me with this one?",
          "text": "Bà chỉ tôi chỗ này với.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "you, a gal"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "you",
          "you"
        ],
        [
          "gal",
          "gal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) you, a gal"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "vi:Narratology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "she/her, an admirable/lovable old/deceased woman"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "narratology",
          "narratology"
        ],
        [
          "she",
          "she"
        ],
        [
          "her",
          "her"
        ],
        [
          "admirable",
          "admirable"
        ],
        [
          "lovable",
          "lovable"
        ],
        [
          "old",
          "old"
        ],
        [
          "deceased",
          "deceased"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(narratology) she/her, an admirable/lovable old/deceased woman"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "narratology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɓaː˨˩]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɓaː˦˩]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɓaː˨˩]",
      "tags": [
        "Hồ-Chí-Minh-City"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bà"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Vietnamese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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