thô kệch
Definition
- Adjective:
- Coarse and clumsy: Describes a person, object, or appearance that is rough, unrefined, lacking in elegance or sophistication, and often awkwardly large or heavy in form.
- Boorish / uncouth: Refers to behavior, manners, or speech that is crude, tactless, and socially inelegant.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Bộ bàn ghế bằng gỗ này trông rất thô kệch. (This wooden table and chair set looks very coarse and clumsy.)
- Anh ta có những cử chỉ thô kệch trong bữa tiệc. (He had boorish manners at the party.)
- Kiến trúc của tòa nhà cũ khá thô kệch. (The architecture of the old building is rather crude.)
Advanced Usage
- The word often carries a negative judgment, implying a lack of culture, grace, or careful craftsmanship. It can describe both physical attributes and abstract qualities like style or behavior.
Variants and Related Words
- Thô (adj): Rough, coarse, unpolished.
- Bề mặt thô. (A rough surface.)
- Kệch cỡm (adj): Gaudy, tastelessly showy and vulgar, often overlapping with the lack of refinement implied by "thô kệch."
- Trang phục kệch cỡm. (A gaudy outfit.)
Synonyms
- Clumsy: Lacking grace or skill in movement or design.
- Boorish: Rough and bad-mannered.
- Crude: Simple and not skillfully done or made; lacking refinement.
- Uncouth: Lacking good manners, refinement, or grace.
Related Idioms
- While "thô kệch" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is conceptually related to expressions describing a lack of refinement.
- Quê mùa thô lỗ: Rustic and rude; bumpkin-like and impolite.
- Cách nói chuyện quê mùa thô lỗ. (A rustic and rude way of speaking.)