Bắc Kì

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Vietnamese[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 北圻.

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Bắc

  1. (history) Tonkin

Adjective[edit]

Bắc

  1. (history) Tonkinese (pertaining to Tonkin)
  2. (derogatory) Northern Vietnamese; often used contemptuously in a negative stereotyping manner
    Đụ má cái thằng Bắc Kì này! Mày nghĩ mày hơn ai hả?
    You fucking Northerner! You think you're better than us?
    Bọn Bắc Kì kênh lắm.
    Typical Northern arrogance.

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