ba phải
Pronunciation
Northern
/ɓaː˧˧ fa̰ːj˧˩˧/
Central
/ɓaː˧˥ faːj˧˩˨/
Southern
/ɓaː˧˧ faːj˨˩˦/
indecisive
2 senses
2 meanings
2 Components
Adjective
indecisive
Adjective
yes-man
Details
2 senses · 2 meanings
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Details
2 senses · 2 meanings
indecisive
Sense 1
Adjective
indecisive
Appearance & Personality
Describing a person who lacks strong opinions and tends to agree with whatever is being suggested.
vi Bạn không nên là một người ba phải trong mọi cuộc thảo luận.
en You should not be a person who lacks strong opinions in every discussion.
yes-man
Sense 1
Adjective
yes-man
A person who consistently agrees with their superiors or peers to gain favor or avoid conflict.
vi Anh ta luôn ba phải để làm hài lòng cấp trên.
en He consistently agrees with his superiors to gain favor.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
爸沛
Candidates by syllable
ba
爸
phải
沛
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.