công tử bột
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]công tử (“rich boy”) + bột (“flour”), literally “a rich boy [as white and soft as] flour.”
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ tɨ˧˩ ʔɓot̚˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ tɨ˧˨ ʔɓok̚˨˩ʔ]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ tɨ˨˩˦ ʔɓok̚˨˩˨]
Noun
[edit]- (derogatory) a stupid rich boy