How do you say “lousy” in Vietnamese?

“Lousy” in Vietnamese is tệ (bad), ẩu (carelessly).

Vietnamese words for “lousy”

• tệListenadjective
  Hanoi [te˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [tej˨˩˨]tệ heavy

  bad

  for “lousy” meaning: Remarkably bad; of poor quality.

  • Đồ ăn ở nhà hàng đó thật tệ.The food at that restaurant was lousy.
• ẩuListenadverb
  Hanoi [ʔəw˧˩] · Saigon [ʔəw˨˩˦]ẩu dipping

  carelessly

  for “lousy” meaning: Remarkably bad; of poor quality.

Related Vietnamese words

• cùi bắpListenadjective

  cob of corn; noob

Translations matched from English Wiktionary (translation tables and Vietnamese entries, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0) and the NgonNgu English–Vietnamese dictionary, reviewed and edited; examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice.