chú mày

Vietnamese

Etymology

chú +‎ mày.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕu˧˦ maj˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʊw˨˩˦ maj˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [cʊw˦˥ ma(ː)j˨˩]

Pronoun

chú mày

1. (chiefly men's speech, pompous, disrespectful, familiar or even endearing) you, boy (addressing a younger or socially inferior male)

   Synonym: chú em

See also

• anh mày (“I/me, your male senior”)
• chị mày (“I/me, your female senior”)