bắt mắt

Vietnamese

Etymology

bắt (“to catch”) + mắt (“eye”), probably calque of Chinese 奪目 (đoạt mục), 搶眼 (thưởng nhãn) or 觸目 (xúc mục), or English eye-catching.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɓat̚˧ˀ˦ mat̚˧ˀ˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ɓak̚˦˥ mak̚˦˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɓak̚˦ˀ˥ mak̚˦ˀ˥]

Verb

bắt mắt

to be eye-catching; to attract attention

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