vớ vẩn

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vəː˧˦ vən˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [vəː˨˩˦ vəŋ˧˨]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [vəː˦˥ vəŋ˨˩˦] ~ [jəː˦˥ jəŋ˨˩˦]

Adjective

vớ vẩn (撝 + 吻/問) (phonemic reduplicative vớ va vớ vẩn)

  1. ridiculous; stupid; nonsensical
    Mày nghe gì chưa? Người ta chế được kim cương từ rác rồi đó!
    Vớ vẩn!
    Have you heard the news? They've finally been able to synthesize diamond from garbage!
    That does sound like garbage!
    Dẹp ba trò vớ vẩn đi!
    Enough with the bullcrap!
    Vớ va vớ vẩn!
    That's nonsense!
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