bò đỏ

Vietnamese

Etymology

bò (“cow”) +‎ đỏ (“red”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔ˨˩ ʔɗɔ˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔ˦˩ ʔɗɔ˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔ˨˩ ʔɗɔ˨˩˦]

Noun

bò đỏ

1. (derogatory) communist sympathizer

   Antonym: bò vàng, ba que, ngụy

2. (derogatory, especially Overseas Vietnamese) a sympathizer of left-wing ideologies and parties, including socialist and communist ones