trớ trêu
Pronunciation
Northern
/ʨəː˧˥ ʨew˧˧/
Central
/tʂə̰ː˩˧ tʂew˧˥/
Southern
/tʂəː˧˥ tʂew˧˧/
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ironic
Adjective
ironic
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Adjective
ironic Properties & States
Describing a situation that is strange or mocking because things happen in an unexpected or contradictory way.
vi Thật trớ trêu khi trời đổ mưa ngay lúc chúng tôi vừa bắt đầu dã ngoại.
en It is ironic that it started to rain just as we began our picnic.
Parts
trớ / trêu / 詛憭
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Parts
trớ / trêu / 詛憭
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
詛憭
Candidates by syllable
trớ
詛
trêu
憭（𠶅 / 𠺕 / 𡃔）
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
trớ / trớ trinh / ironical
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Similar
trớ / trớ trinh / ironical
Use
trêu chọc / trêu ghẹo / trêu tức / trêu gan
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Use
trêu chọc / trêu ghẹo / trêu tức / trêu gan