công tử bột

Vietnamese

Etymology

công tử (“rich boy”) +‎ bột (“flour”), literally “a rich boy [as white and soft as] flour.”

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ tɨ˧˩ ʔɓot̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ tɨ˧˨ ʔɓok̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ tɨ˨˩˦ ʔɓok̚˨˩˨]

Noun

công tử bột

  1. (disapproving) a stupid rich boy
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