man rợ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 蠻俚 (SV: man lí). 蠻俚 / 蠻里 was an ancient Chinese synonym of 蠻人 / 蛮人 (mánrén, “barbarian (of the south)”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [maːn˧˧ zəː˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [maːŋ˧˧ ʐəː˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [maːŋ˧˧ ɹəː˨˩˨]

Adjective

man rợ

  1. barbaric; uncivilized; primitive
  2. cruel; brutal; inhumane
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