chuyên môn

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 專門.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕwiən˧˧ mon˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕwiəŋ˧˧ moŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [c⁽ʷ⁾iəŋ˧˧ moŋ˧˧]

Noun

chuyên môn

  1. expertise (great skill or knowledge)

Adjective

chuyên môn

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) highly prone to; highly inclined to
    Thằng này chuyên môn phá hoại.
    He always ruins everything.
    Mày chuyên môn luôn đó !
    You really suck, you know that?
    (literally, “You're always doing this bad thing, you know that?”)

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