trẻ trâu

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• (contraction) trẩu

Etymology

trẻ (“kid, child”) +‎ trâu (“buffalo”). The first element is a noun, not the more common adjectival sense.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɛ˧˩ t͡ɕəw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈɛ˧˨ ʈəw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʈɛ˨˩˦ ʈəw˧˧]

Noun

(classifier đứa, thằng) trẻ trâu

1. (archaic) buffalo herding child
2. (neologism, slang, derogatory) misbehaving youth; attention-seeker

   Synonym: sửu nhi