xấu

See also: xau, xâu, XAU, and xa'u

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 醜 (“ugly”, SV: xú).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [səw˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [səw˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [səw˦˥]
  • Homophone: sấu (depending on dialect)
  • Audio (Saigon):(file)

Adjective

xấu

  1. ugly; hideous
    Antonym: đẹp
    xấu òm / xấu hoắc ― ugly as heck
    Tên gì xấu quá vậy?
    What an awful name!
  2. bad; of low quality
    Antonym: tốt
    gạo xấu ― bad rice
  3. bad; wicked
    Antonym: tốt
    kẻ xấu ― a bad person
    theo nghĩa xấu ― in the pejorative sense

Derived terms

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