trẻ trâu
Vietnamese edit
Alternative forms edit
- (contraction) trẩu
Etymology edit
trẻ (“kid, child”) + trâu (“buffalo”). The first element is a noun, not the more common adjectival sense.
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɛ˧˩ t͡ɕəw˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈɛ˧˨ ʈəw˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʈɛ˨˩˦ ʈəw˧˧]
Noun edit
(classifier đứa, thằng) trẻ trâu
- (archaic) buffalo herding child
- (neologism, slang, derogatory) misbehaving youth; attention-seeker
- Synonym: sửu nhi