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phất phơ

Pronunciation Northern /fət˧˥ fəː˧˧/ Central /fə̰k˩˧ fəː˧˥/ Southern /fək˧˥ fəː˧˧/
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wandering aimlessly
Adjective
wandering aimlessly
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Meaning
3 senses

Adjective

Sense 1 Adjective
wandering aimlessly Properties & StatesTheme

A state of moving around casually without a clear purpose or having a permanent place to live.

vi Anh ta sống cuộc đời phất phơ, không có nơi ở ổn định.

en He lives a wandering life without a permanent place to stay.

Sense 2 Adjective
perfunctory

An attitude of doing things without much effort or being interested only in trivial and non-serious matters.

vi Thái độ làm việc phất phơ của anh ta khiến sếp không hài lòng.

en His frivolous attitude at work makes the boss dissatisfied.

Verb

Sense 3 Verb
flutter in wind

To move lightly and quickly back and forth in the wind, like a piece of cloth or a flag.

vi Những lá cờ phất phơ trước gió bên đường.

en The flags are fluttering in the wind along the road.

Parts
phất / phơ / 弗披
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
弗披
Candidates by syllable
phất (拂 / 茀 / 𩂕) phơ (抷)
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.
Similar
phất / phất trần / phất phới / bạc phơ …
Use
lất phất / xá lợi phất / phảng phất / hồng phất …
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