tệ nạn xã hội

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 弊難 (“bad customs”) and 社會 (“of a society”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [te˧˨ʔ naːn˧˨ʔ saː˦ˀ˥ hoj˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tej˨˩ʔ naːŋ˨˩ʔ saː˧˨ hoj˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tej˨˩˨ naːŋ˨˩˨ saː˨˩˦ hoj˨˩˨]

Noun

tệ nạn xã hội

  1. an evil that is pervasive in a society; social ill
    Synonym: tệ nạn
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