cãi vã

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

cãi +‎ vã.

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaːj˦ˀ˥ vaː˦ˀ˥]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kaːj˧˨ vaː˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kaːj˨˩˦ vaː˨˩˦] ~ [kaːj˨˩˦ jaː˨˩˦]

Verb edit

to bicker; to quarrel (over something inconsequential) (generally speaking)

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