Vietnamese
Etymology
phá (“破, to ruin; destroy; dispel”) + bĩnh (“poop”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [faː˧˦ ʔɓïŋ˦ˀ˥]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [faː˨˩˦ ʔɓɨn˧˨]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [faː˦˥ ʔɓɨn˨˩˦]
Verb
phá bĩnh
- (colloquial, dated) to disrupt; to interrupt; to be a killjoy (toward); to ruin (a situation; especially of a good time)
- Tôi không muốn làm kẻ phá bĩnh. ― I don't want to be a killjoy (...a jerk to be a killjoy).