học vẹt

Vietnamese

Etymology

học (“study”) +‎ vẹt (“parrot”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hawk͡p̚˧˨ʔ vɛt̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [hawk͡p̚˨˩ʔ vɛt̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [hawk͡p̚˨˩˨ vɛk̚˨˩˨] ~ [hawk͡p̚˨˩˨ jɛk̚˨˩˨]

Verb

học vẹt

  1. rote learning without actually understanding much
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