trẻ trâu

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

trẻ (“kid, child”) +‎ trâu (“buffalo”). The first element is a noun, not the more common adjectival sense.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɛ˧˩ t͡ɕəw˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈɛ˧˨ ʈəw˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʈɛ˨˩˦ ʈəw˧˧]

Noun

(classifier đứa, thằng) trẻ trâu

  1. (archaic) buffalo herding child
  2. (neologism, slang, derogatory) misbehaving youth; attention-seeker
    Synonym: sửu nhi
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