chuyên môn

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 專門.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕwiən˧˧ mon˧˧]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕwiəŋ˧˧ moŋ˧˧]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [c⁽ʷ⁾iəŋ˧˧ moŋ˧˧]

    Noun

    chuyên môn

    1. expertise (great skill or knowledge)

    Adjective

    chuyên môn

    1. (colloquial, derogatory) highly prone to; highly inclined to
      Thằng này chuyên môn phá hoại.
      He always ruins everything.
      Mày chuyên môn luôn đó !
      You really suck, you know that?
      (literally, “You're always doing this bad thing, you know that?”)

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