How to Say “Jerk” in Vietnamese

kẻ tồi tệ
The English phrase 'jerk' is translated into Vietnamese as kẻ tồi tệ.
kẻ tồi tệ is used to describe an unlikable person.
Meaning: unlikable person (noun)

Did you know?

  • While tệ describes a 'jerk' in this phrase, the same word is also used as a clipping of nhân dân tệ, the official currency of China.
  • In Vietnamese culture, calling someone a kẻ tồi tệ directly is rare in face-to-face conversation because it is seen as excessively harsh and confrontational.
  • Vietnamese uses the classifier kẻ to specify a person in a negative or derogatory context, whereas người is the neutral term for 'person'.

Examples in context

  • Tôi không thể chịu đựng người khó chịu như anh ấy.
    I cannot tolerate someone difficult like him.
  • Anh ta đúng là kẻ tồi tệ.
    He is truly a jerk.
  • Đừng làm việc với kẻ tồi tệ đó.
    Don't work with that jerk.
  • Tôi không muốn gặp lại kẻ tồi tệ này.
    I don't want to see this jerk again.

Example conversation

Tuấn and Hương are talking about a rude coworker.

  1. Tuấn

    Anh ta vừa mắng tôi vô lý quá.
    He just scolded me for no reason.
  2. Hương

    Anh ta đúng là một kẻ tồi tệ.
    He really is a jerk.
  3. Tuấn

    Tôi không biết phải làm gì với anh ta.
    I don't know what to do with him.
  4. Hương

    Hãy cứ lờ anh ta đi, Tuấn.
    Just ignore him, Tuấn.

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