trai gái

Vietnamese

Etymology

trai +‎ gái

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaːj˧˧ ɣaːj˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈaːj˧˧ ɣaːj˨˩˦]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʈaːj˧˧ ɣaːj˦˥]

Noun

(literal, collective) boys and men and girls and women

Adjective

(disapproving) of the kind of heterosexual relationship that is frowned upon
chuyện trai gái
stuff about heterosexual relationships that is frowned upon

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Vietnamese nouns without classifiers