Definition

1. Verb:
   • To speak with a drunken drawl: To talk in a slow, slurred, and prolonged manner, typically due to being intoxicated by alcohol.
   • To pester or plague persistently: To bother someone with repeated, annoying, and insistent requests or complaints.

Usage Examples

• Verb (drunken drawl):

  • Ông ấy uống rượu xong là bắt đầu kè nhè. (After drinking alcohol, he starts to speak with a drunken drawl.)
  • Giọng nói kè nhè của người say thật khó chịu. (The drunken drawl of an intoxicated person is very annoying.)

• Verb (to pester):

  • Đứa trẻ kè nhè đòi mua đồ chơi mới. (The child pestered to buy a new toy.)
  • Anh ta cứ kè nhè tôi cho mượn xe. (He kept pestering me to lend him the car.)

Advanced Usage

• The term often carries a negative connotation, implying weakness, annoyance, or a lack of dignity, whether describing speech or behavior.
• It can describe a persistent, nagging tone of voice even when not related to drunkenness, similar to whining or pleading tiresomely.

Variants and Related Words

• Nài nỉ (v): To plead or beg earnestly and persistently. This is a close synonym for the "pestering" sense but may sound slightly less negative.
• Lè nhè (v): A near-identical variant, also meaning to speak with a slurred, drawling voice or to pester annoyingly.

Synonyms

• To slur (one's speech): To speak indistinctly, as when drunk.
• To whine: To complain in a feeble or annoying way.
• To nag: To annoy by persistent fault-finding or requests.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Kè nhè xin xỏ: To pester and beg insistently for something.
  • Nó cứ kè nhè xin xỏ tiền mua sách. (He kept pestering and begging for money to buy books.)

1. Have a drunken drawl (in one's voice)
   • Nốc vài cốc rựơu vào kè nhè suốt ngày
     To babble with a drunken drawl all day after gulping several glasses of alcohol
2. Pester, plague
   • Kè nhè vay tiền cho bằng được
     To pester (plague) (someone) for a loan of money until one gets it