Tiếng Việt · Word Attested

bủh

[ʔɓu˧˩]

In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.

Sense 1

Meaning · English

(pronoun) eye dialect spelling of bruh

Where it’s used: Used Toàn quốc & hải ngoại · Vietnam-wide & diaspora

Sources & notes

Imported from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-29); community review pending. source ↗

Meaning · English

“Bruh” — the sigh of secondhand disappointment, born from a Telex typo; “dảk” (dark) is its partner for grim humor.

Literally: Typing “burh/bruh” with Vietnamese Telex turns r into a hook mark: bủh.

Deadpan reactions to cringe or absurdity; “dảk quá” = that’s dark.

Where it’s used: Used Toàn quốc & hải ngoại · Vietnam-wide & diaspora Origin Mạng xã hội · Vietnamese internet culture

Nó nộp bài trễ vì… ngủ quên ở quán net. Bủh.He missed the deadline because… he fell asleep at the internet café. Bruh.

Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)

Sources & notes

Adapted from Vietnamese Wikipedia’s Gen-Z slang list (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30). Era: ~2021 – present.

What does “bủh” mean?

(pronoun) eye dialect spelling of bruh

Is “bủh” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.