tép riu
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Vietnamese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tɛp̚˧˦ ziw˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tɛp̚˦˧˥ ʐiw˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tɛp̚˦˥ ɹiw˧˧]
Noun[edit]
- Caridina flavilineata, a species of small shrimp
- (by extension, colloquial) an unimportant thing; a trivial thing
- (by extension, colloquial, derogatory) a weakling; a nobody
- Thằng đó chỉ là tép riu.
- He's naught but a weakling.