Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Quite impudent, brazen, or cheeky: Describes behavior or speech that shows a rude lack of respect, often in a bold or shameless way.
   • Saucy, impertinent: Shows a lack of proper respect, often in a playful or mildly offensive manner.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Đứa trẻ đó trả lời câng câng với người lớn. (That child answered the adult quite impudently.)
  • Anh ta có thái độ câng câng khi bị nhắc nhở. (He had a brazen attitude when he was reprimanded.)
  • Đừng nói chuyện câng câng như thế! (Don't speak so impertinently!)

Advanced Usage

• "mặt câng câng": a brazen/cheeky face; an expression showing impudence.
  • Nó nghe lời mắng với mặt câng câng. (He listened to the scolding with a brazen face.)

Variants and Related Words

• Câng (adj): A shorter, more colloquial form with a similar meaning of being cheeky or impudent. It is often used in the same contexts.
  • Thằng bé này câng lắm! (This boy is very cheeky!)

Synonyms

• Hỗn xược / hỗn: insolent, rude.
• Xấc xược / xấc: impudent, saucy.
• Láo: cheeky, sassy (colloquial, can be stronger).

Related Idioms

• Câng như cạc: (Simile) As impudent/brazen as a crow. Used to emphasize extreme cheekiness or shamelessness.
  • Nó cãi lại mẹ, câng như cạc. (He talked back to his mother, as brazen as a crow.)

1. Quite impudent