tệ bạc

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 弊 (“harm; defect”) and 薄 (“stingy; unkind”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [te˧˨ʔ ʔɓaːk̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tej˨˩ʔ ʔɓaːk̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tej˨˩˨ ʔɓaːk̚˨˩˨]

Adjective

tệ bạc

  1. ungrateful; unappreciative
  2. heartless; cold

Adverb

tệ bạc

  1. ungratefully; unappreciatively
  2. heartlessly; coldly
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