Definition

1. Adjective (Tính từ):

   • Kaput, done for, finished, ruined: Used to describe a situation, plan, or thing that has failed completely, is broken beyond repair, or is hopelessly lost. It carries a colloquial and often slightly vulgar tone.
   • Lost, gone missing: Used to indicate that something has been lost and cannot be found.

2. Noun (Danh từ):

   • Joker: In card games (like Tây, the Vietnamese adaptation of French-suited cards), "phăng teo" is the name for the Joker card, which can trump other cards.

Usage Examples

• As an Adjective:

  • Bài thi như thế này thì phăng teo mất. (With an exam paper like this, it's kaput.)
  • Kế hoạch đi chơi đã phăng teo vì trời mưa. (The plan to go out has been ruined because of the rain.)
  • Tớ đã phăng teo mất cái đồng hồ. (I've lost my watch.)

• As a Noun:

  • Trong ván bài, anh ấy đánh con phăng teo ra. (In the card game, he played the Joker.)

Advanced Usage

• "phăng teo đi": A vulgar imperative meaning "get rid of it," "scrap it," or "cancel it."

  • Phăng teo tiết mục múa ấy đi! (Scrap that dance performance!)

• Used to describe a person's failed state, especially in exams or tests.

  • Nó đi thi đã phăng teo rồi. (He has already flunked his exam.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hỏng (adj): Broken, spoiled, failed. (Less vulgar than "phăng teo").
• Mất (adj/verb): Lost; to lose.
• Tiêu (adj, slang): Done for, finished (similar colloquial sense).

Synonyms

• Tiêu tùng (adj, slang): Ruined, done for.
• Thất bại (adj): Failed.
• Hỏng (adj): Broken, ruined.

Related Phrases

• Đi đời (slang): To be finished, to be done for.
• Toang (slang): Shattered, ruined (modern slang).

Related Idioms

• Phăng teo như chơi: To fail or be ruined very easily.
  • Dự án đó phăng teo như chơi chỉ sau một tuần. (That project went kaput as easy as pie after just one week.)

1. Joker
2. (thông tục) Done for, kaput
   • Bài thi như thế này thì phăng teo mất
     It is kaput with such an examination paper