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chuối

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chuối means banana; penis.

Classifier: cây, trái, quả — e.g. một cây chuối (one banana)

Meanings of chuối in English

Noun

  1. banana
  2. slang penis

Adjective

  1. Northern Vietnam, slang cringeworthy; cringy
    • Hôm qua rượu vào lỡ thú với người ta. Chuối quá đi mất!I was so drunk up yesterday I confessed to her. Man, that's painful to think about!
    • Nó bày trò ảo thuật bài mà quên bỏ bài vào trong áo, thành thử khi lên diễn thì chuối cả nải luôn!He wanted to do a card trick but forgot to hide cards in his jackets, so it was all out cringe when he went upstage!

Words with chuối

chuối ngựchuối tá quạchuối tiêucủ chuốivỏ chuốichuối nước

Example sentences with chuối

  • Bạn đã từng ăn bánh chuối chưa? Have you ever eaten a banana pie?
  • Mẹ tôi đang giảm cân bằng chuối. My mother is on a banana diet.
  • Tôi đã ăn một quả chuối. I ate a banana.
  • Yanni và Sakura rất thích chuối. Yanni and Skura loved bananas.
  • Chuối, táo và cam đều là trái cây. Bananas, apples and oranges are all fruits.
  • Bạn đã thử ăn chuối rán bao giờ chưa? Have you ever tried fried bananas?
  • Tôi không muốn bất kì quả chuối nào cả. I do not want any bananas at all.
  • Tôi đã mua chuối. I bought bananas.

Bilingual example sentences from Tatoeba (tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR).

Historical script (chữ Nôm / Hán)

Before the Latin alphabet (chữ Quốc ngữ) became standard, chuối could be written as 桎, 𱤀, 𬝉, 𱤔. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *caːjʔ ~ *cɔːjʔ (“banana”). Cognates include Tho caːj³, Hung caːj, Muong chuổi (“banana”).

Frequently asked questions

What does chuối mean in English?

chuối (noun) means "banana; penis".

How do you pronounce chuối?

IPA: Hanoi [t͡ɕuəj˧˦]; Saigon [cuj˦˥]. Tones: chuối — rising tone (sắc).

What classifier is used with chuối?

Common classifiers: cây, trái, quả — for example "một cây chuối" (one banana).

Meanings, pronunciation and etymology from English Wiktionary (wiktionary.org, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0), reviewed and edited; example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). IPA shown for three accents: Hanoi (Northern), Huế (Central) and Saigon (Southern). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice, for reference only. Levels are approximate, estimated from word frequency. Spotted a mistake? Let NgonNgu know.