ဘဲ

• IPA^(key): /bɛ́/
• Romanization: MLCTS: bhai: • ALA-LC: bhai • BGN/PCGN: bè: • Okell: bè

ဘဲ • (bhai:) (classifier ကောင်)

1. duck (aquatic bird of the family Anatidae)
2. (slang) boyfriend

• Phonetic respellings: ဗဲ, ဖဲ
• IPA^(key): /bɛ́/, /pʰɛ́/
• Romanization: MLCTS: bhai: • ALA-LC: bhai • BGN/PCGN: bè:/hpè: • Okell: hpè/hpè

• ပဲ (pai:) – rare

ဘဲ • (bhai:)

1. without (not doing or not having done something)

   ထီး မပါဘဲ ဘယ်တော့မှ မသွားပါဘူး

   hti: ma.pabhai: bhaitau.hma. ma.swa:pabhu:

   He never leaves without taking his umbrella.

• Phonetic respellings: ဗဲ, ဖဲ
• IPA^(key): /bɛ́/, /pʰɛ́/
• Romanization: MLCTS: bhai: • ALA-LC: bhai • BGN/PCGN: bè:/hpè: • Okell: hpè/hpè

• ပဲ (pai:) – rare

ဘဲ • (bhai:)

1. Used after any sentence element or an entire sentence to add emphasis, indeed, really

   ဒီမှာဘဲ နေရ်ခဲ့

   dihmabhai: nerhkai.

   Stay right here!

   ခင်ဗျာ့သူငယ်ချင်းဘဲ ရေးတာလား

   hkangbya.su-ngaihkyang:bhai: re:tala:

   Was it your friend who wrote it?

   သိတာပေါ့ ကျွန်တော့် ညီတဝမ်းကွဲဘဲ

   si.tapau. kywantau. nyita.wam:kwai:bhai:

   Of course I know him, he’s my cousin!

• “ဘဲ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
• Okell, John (1969) A Reference Grammar of Colloquial Burmese, London: Oxford University Press, page 294–97

From Pali bhaya, from Sanskrit भय (bhaya).

ဘဲ (phòa)

1. calamity