Definition

1. Noun:
   • Domestic animal, livestock: This is the original, literal meaning, referring to animals raised by humans for work or food.
   • Brute, cad, swine (used as an insult): A very strong and offensive insult, implying someone is as lowly, stupid, or vile as a beast. It dehumanizes the target.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Literal meaning):
  • Chăn nuôi súc sinh là một nghề quan trọng. (Raising livestock is an important occupation.)
• Noun (Insult):
  • Đồ súc sinh! Mày không xứng đáng được gọi là người! (You brute! You don't deserve to be called a human!)
  • Bọn chúng là một lũ súc sinh độc ác. (They are a bunch of cruel swine.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is almost exclusively used as a severe insult in modern spoken Vietnamese. The literal meaning (domestic animal) is now more commonly expressed by the word "súc vật".
• Its offensiveness comes from equating a person's behavior or character to that of a mindless, base animal. It carries strong moral condemnation.

Variants and Related Words

• Súc vật (n): Animal, beast. This is the more neutral and common term for "animal" and is also used as a slightly less harsh insult than "súc sinh".
• Thú vật (n): Beast, animal (similar to "súc vật").

Synonyms

• Đồ cặn bã: Scum, dregs.
• Đồ khốn nạn: Wretch, bastard.
• Đồ man rợ: Savage, barbarian.

Related Phrases/Idioms

• Đồ súc sinh!: You brute! / You swine! (This is the most common and direct form of the insult).
• Bọn súc sinh: A gang/group of brutes.

noun

1. domestic animal
2. cad
   • đồ súc sinh!
     what a cad!