tép riu
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tɛp̚˧˦ ziw˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tɛp̚˦˧˥ ʐiw˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tɛp̚˦˥ ɹiw˧˧]
Noun
(classifier con) tép riu
- 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.