con trai con đứa

Vietnamese

Etymology

con trai (“boy”) augmented with đứa.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kɔn˧˧ t͡ɕaːj˧˧ kɔn˧˧ ʔɗɨə˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kɔŋ˧˧ ʈaːj˧˧ kɔŋ˧˧ ʔɗɨə˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kɔŋ˧˧ ʈaːj˧˧ kɔŋ˧˧ ʔɗɨə˦˥]

Phrase

con trai con đứa

1. (colloquial, disapproving) what kind of boy that...

   Con trai con đứa (gì) mà chẳng ga-lăng gì cả!

   You have no chivalry and you call yourself a man?

   (literally, “What kind of boy that is so not chivalrous like this?”)

See also

• con gái con đứa
• đàn ông đàn ang