buồn

See also: buon, buôn, and buon'

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓuən˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓuəŋ˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓuəŋ˨˩]
Homophone: buồng

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 煩 (“fed up; annoyed”; SV: phiền).[1]

Adjective

buồn (忿, 盆, 𢞂)

sad

Derived terms

Derived terms

buồn bã (từ láy)
buồn bực
buồn phiền
buồn rầu
buồn rượi
buồn tẻ
buồn teo
buồn tênh
buồn thảm
buồn thiu
buồn tình
buồn tủi
đau buồn
lo buồn
u buồn

Etymology 2

Possibly related to/cognate with muốn (“to want”).[2]

Verb

buồn

(only in compounds, only in fixed expressions) to have a strong need to do something
buồn ngủ ― to be sleepy (to need to sleep)

buồn tiểu/đái/tè ― to need to urinate/pee

buồn cầu/ỉa/ị ― to need to defecate/poop

buồn nôn/ói ― to need to puke/vomit; to feel sick

buồn cười ― to feel like a laugh coming because of something funny (to need to laugh at that something)

Synonyms

mắc (Southern Vietnam)

Derived terms

Derived terms

Adjective

buồn

feeling an itch (to do something); feeling like
feeling ticklish (when stroked)
Synonym: nhột

References

Vu Duc Nghieu (2010), “The Integration of Chinese Words Into the Vietnamese Language”, in 大阪大学世界言語研究センター論集, volume 4, pages 133–147.
Vũ Đức Nghiệu (2015), “Các biến đổi ngữ âm lịch sử với việc tạo từ tiếng Việt”, in Tạp chí Ngôn ngữ, volume 6, issue 313, pages 1–16

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