cáu bẳn

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• cáu bẩn

Etymology

cáu (“angry”) +‎ bẳn.

The alternative form is due to the conflation with the homophonous cáu (“dirt”), which further gave way to the contamination of bẩn (“dirty”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaw˧˦ ʔɓan˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kaw˨˩˦ ʔɓaŋ˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ka(ː)w˦˥ ʔɓaŋ˨˩˦]

Adjective

cáu bẳn

1. grumpy; cranky; grouchy