tép riu

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tɛp̚˧˦ ziw˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tɛp̚˦˧˥ ʐiw˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tɛp̚˦˥ ɹiw˧˧]

Noun

(classifier con) tép riu

  1. Caridina flavilineata, a species of small shrimp
  2. (by extension, colloquial) an unimportant thing; a trivial thing
  3. (by extension, colloquial, derogatory) a weakling; a nobody
    Thằng đó chỉ là tép riu.
    He's naught but a weakling.
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