bụi đời

Vietnamese

Etymology

bụi (“dust”) +‎ đời (“life”); compare Chinese 塵世／尘世 (trần thế, “this mortal life”, literally “dust-life”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓuj˧˨ʔ ʔɗəːj˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓuj˨˩ʔ ʔɗəːj˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓuj˨˩˨ ʔɗəːj˨˩]

Noun

bụi đời

(figurative) living a vagrant life
những trẻ em bụi đời ― street children

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.