trẻ trâu

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

(contraction) trẩu

Etymology

trẻ (“kid, child”) +‎ trâu (“buffalo”). The first element is a noun, not the more common adjectival sense.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɛ˧˩ t͡ɕəw˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈɛ˧˨ ʈəw˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʈɛ˨˩˦ ʈəw˧˧]

Noun

(classifier đứa, thằng) trẻ trâu

(archaic) buffalo herding child
(neologism, slang, derogatory) misbehaving youth; attention-seeker
Synonym: sửu nhi

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