tệ
Definition
Noun:
- Evil; social evil: A relatively widespread bad habit or harmful practice in society.
Adjective:
- Bad; poor; terrible: Of low quality, unfavorable condition, or negative character.
- Mean; lousy; heartless: Behaving in an unkind, inconsiderate, or morally bad way towards others.
Adverb (colloquial):
- Extremely; terribly; awfully: Used after an adjective to intensify its meaning, often expressing a high degree.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Cần bài trừ các tệ nạn xã hội. (We need to eradicate social evils.)
- Adjective:
- Thời tiết hôm nay thật tệ. (The weather today is really bad.)
- Anh ta đối xử rất tệ với nhân viên. (He treats his employees very poorly.)
- Adverb:
- Bộ phim đó hay tệ! (That movie is awfully good!)
Advanced Usage
- "tệ hại": dreadful, disastrous (stronger than "tệ").
- Tình hình kinh tế đang trở nên tệ hại. (The economic situation is becoming dreadful.)
Variants and Related Words
- Tệ nạn (n): social evil, vice.
- Cờ bạc là một tệ nạn. (Gambling is a vice.)
- Tệ bạc (adj): ungrateful, heartless (emphasizes lack of gratitude or loyalty).
- Đứa con tệ bạc với cha mẹ. (The child is ungrateful to the parents.)
Synonyms
- Noun: vice, scourge.
- Adjective: bad, poor, awful, lousy, mean.
- Adverb: extremely, terribly, very.
Related Idioms
- Tệ như ma lem / Tệ hơn ma lem: To be extremely bad or terrible (comparing to something proverbial).
- Dịch vụ ở đây tệ hơn ma lem. (The service here is worse than terrible.)
noun
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evil, social evil
adj
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bad, poor heartless mighty
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