man rợ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 蠻俚 (SV: man lí). 蠻俚 / 蠻里 was an ancient Chinese synonym of 蠻人 / 蛮人 (mánrén, “barbarian (of the south)”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [maːn˧˧ zəː˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [maːŋ˧˧ ʐəː˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [maːŋ˧˧ ɹəː˨˩˨]

Adjective

man rợ

1. barbaric; uncivilized; primitive
2. cruel; brutal; inhumane