búa
noun
Hanoi [ʔɓuə˧˦]Huế [ʔɓuə˨˩˦]Saigon [ʔɓuə˦˥] browser voice
Each syllable carries one of six tones; the mark on the vowel tells you which. How the six tones sound →
búa means hammer.
Meanings of búa in English
Noun
- hammer
- búa tạa sledgehammer
- búa liềmhammer and sickle
- Vui cái búa á! Cái đó mà vui gì!Fun my ass! That was anything but fun!
Words with búa
Example sentences with búa
- Khi anh ấy đang leo lên thang, chiếc búa của anh ấy đã tuột khỏi thắt lưng. As he was climbing the ladder, his hammer slipped from his belt.
Bilingual example sentences from Tatoeba (tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR).
Historical script (chữ Nôm / Hán)
Before the Latin alphabet (chữ Quốc ngữ) became standard, búa could be written as 斧, 鈽. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.
Etymology
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 斧 (“hatchet”, SV: phủ), borrowed from a form when the vowel already shifted, although likely still reasonably early.
Frequently asked questions
What does búa mean in English?
búa (noun) means "hammer".
How do you pronounce búa?
IPA: Hanoi [ʔɓuə˧˦]; Saigon [ʔɓuə˦˥]. Tones: búa — rising tone (sắc).
What classifier is used with búa?
Common classifiers: cái, chiếc, cây — for example "một cái búa" (one hammer).