mất nết
Vietnamese
Etymology
mất (“to lose”) + nết (“good behavior”)
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [mət̚˧˦ net̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [mək̚˦˧˥ net̚˦˧˥]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [mək̚˦˥ nəːt̚˦˥]
Adjective
- (of a child, derogatory) ill behaved; inveterate
- cái đồ mất nết
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Related terms
- mất gốc
References
- Hồ Ngọc Đức, editor (2003), “mất nết”, in Việt–Việt[1] (DICT), Leipzig: Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details), archived from the original on 12 November 2024