bô bô

See also: bobo, bɔbɔ, bo bo, and bỏ bố

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓo˧˧ ʔɓo˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓow˧˧ ʔɓow˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓow˧˧ ʔɓow˧˧]

Verb

bô bô • (哺哺, 逋逋)

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)

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