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