dân đen

Vietnamese

Etymology

From dân (“people”) +‎ đen (“black”), calque of Chinese 黎民 (límín).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zən˧˧ ʔɗɛn˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [jəŋ˧˧ ʔɗɛŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [jəŋ˧˧ ʔɗɛŋ˧˧]

Noun

dân đen

  1. (informal) commoner; pleb
    Synonyms: thường dân, bình dân, đầu đen
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