phá bĩnh

Vietnamese

Etymology

phá (, 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

  1. (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).