bữa
meal · day · counting meals
Typed without accents: bua
Meanings
Highlighted words are what Saigon and Hà Nội say differently.
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meal
nounComes before the meal's name: bữa sáng, bữa trưa, bữa tối.
A2
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day
nounSouthern and casual: bữa nay is today, bữa trước the other day. Hôm says the same everywhere.
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It's so hot today.
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The other day I ran into Lan at the market.
Said everywhere: hôm.
A2Saigon onlycasual
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counting meals
classifierCounts 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