bữa

meal · day · counting meals

A2 · estimate

Typed without accents: bua

Meanings

Highlighted words are what Saigon and Hà Nội say differently.

  1. meal

    noun

    Comes before the meal's name: bữa sáng, bữa trưa, bữa tối.

    A2

  2. day

    noun

    Southern and casual: bữa nay is today, bữa trước the other day. Hôm says the same everywhere.

    Said everywhere: hôm.

    A2Saigon onlycasual

  3. counting meals

    classifier

    Counts meals and parties: hai bữa cơm, two meals; một bữa tiệc, a party; bữa sáng, breakfast.

    A2Grammar: Which classifier: cái for things, con for animals, người for people, and the common others

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