nhạc trẻ

Vietnamese

Etymology

nhạc +‎ trẻ.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɲaːk̚˧˨ʔ t͡ɕɛ˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ɲaːk̚˨˩ʔ ʈɛ˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɲaːk̚˨˩˨ ʈɛ˨˩˦]

Noun

nhạc trẻ

  1. pop music aim at youth and young adults

Usage notes

  • During the 2000s-early 2010s, this term used to be very commonly used to refer to foreign music-influenced Vietnamese pop. However, nowadays the term is not very common among the target audience and is more often used by people of older age groups.