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béo phì

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Hanoi [ʔɓɛw˧˦ fi˨˩]Huế [ʔɓɛw˨˩˦ fɪj˦˩]Saigon [ʔɓɛw˦˥ fɪj˨˩] browser voice
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béorisingsắcphìfallinghuyền

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béo phì means obese.

Meanings of béo phì in English

Adjective

  1. obese

Noun

  1. (pathology) obesity

Example sentences with béo phì

  • Tôi béo phì. I'm obese.
  • Có 69% người lớn ở Mỹ bị thừa cân hoặc béo phì. Sixty-nine percent of adult Americans are either overweight or obese.
  • Một nghiên cứu chỉ ra rằng hầu hết 10% đàn ông sẽ bị béo phì vào năm 2008. Tỉ lệ này đã tăng từ khoảng 5% vào năm 1980. A study found that almost 10% of men were obese in 2008. That was up from about 5% in 1980.

Bilingual example sentences from Tatoeba (tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR).

Etymology

From béo (“fat”) + phì (肥) (“fat”), probable calque of Chinese 肥胖 (phì bạng).

Frequently asked questions

What does béo phì mean in English?

béo phì (adjective) means "obese".

How do you pronounce béo phì?

IPA: Hanoi [ʔɓɛw˧˦ fi˨˩]; Saigon [ʔɓɛw˦˥ fɪj˨˩]. Tones: béo — rising tone (sắc), phì — falling tone (huyền).

Meanings, pronunciation and etymology from English Wiktionary (wiktionary.org, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0), reviewed and edited; example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). IPA shown for three accents: Hanoi (Northern), Huế (Central) and Saigon (Southern). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice, for reference only. Levels are approximate, estimated from word frequency. Spotted a mistake? Let NgonNgu know.