See also: Appendix:Variations of "be"
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓe˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓej˨˩˦]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓej˦˥]
Verb
bế • (嬖, 𢲾)
- to hold and/or carry (a person, especially an infant, or an animal, with your forearms in front of your torso)
- Synonym: bồng
- bồng bế ― to hold and/or carry, generally speaking
- bế em ― to hold a baby
See also
- nhấc (“to lift off the ground”)
- cõng (“to give a piggy-back”)