bạn trai
Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]bạn (“friend”) + trai (“male”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːn˧˨ʔ t͡ɕaːj˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˨˩ʔ ʈaːj˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˨˩˨ ʈaːj˧˧]
Noun
[edit]- a boyfriend (male partner in a romantic relationship)
Pronoun
[edit]- (collective) you, our young male readers