bô bô

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bobo"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓo˧˧ ʔɓo˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓow˧˧ ʔɓow˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓow˧˧ ʔɓow˧˧]

Verb

bô bô • (哺哺, 逋逋)

1. to be a loudmouth; to yap, to run off at the mouth (to talk excessively)

   bô bô khoe với mọi người

   to boast of something loudly and openly to everyone

   Cứ bô bô cái mỏ mà chẳng hiểu quái gì.

   [Someone] keeps running their trap but doesn't understand anything at all.

See also

• bi bô

References

• "bô bô" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)
• Trần (2004)