bạn trai

Vietnamese

Etymology

bạn (“friend”) +‎ trai (“male”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːn˧˨ʔ t͡ɕaːj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˨˩ʔ ʈaːj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˨˩˨ ʈaːj˧˧]

Noun

bạn trai

1. a boyfriend (male partner in a romantic relationship)

Pronoun

bạn trai

1. (collective) you, our young male readers