Definition

1. Interjection:

   • An exclamation expressing disgust, distaste, or strong aversion: Used to react to something perceived as dirty, foul, unpleasant, or of very poor quality.
   • An exclamation similar to "Yuck!", "Ugh!", "Ew!", or "Phew!" (of disgust): It conveys a visceral reaction of revulsion.

2. Adjective (colloquial):

   • Bad, terrible, awful, of very poor quality: Used informally to describe something as being bad, spoiled, or unsatisfactory.

Usage Examples

• Interjection:

  • Êu! Bẩn ơi là bẩn! (Ugh! It's so terribly dirty!)
  • Êu! Món này có mùi lạ quá. (Yuck! This dish smells so strange.)
  • Êu! Con gián kìa! (Ew! There's a cockroach!)

• Adjective:

  • Làm hỏng bài thì êu quá. (It's so bad to mess up the assignment.)
  • Cái máy này chạy êu lắm. (This machine runs terribly.)
  • Thời tiết hôm nay thật là êu. (The weather today is really awful.)

Advanced Usage

• Reduplicated form "Êu êu": The reduplicated form intensifies the expression of disgust or the negative quality.
  • Êu êu! Căn phòng này bốc mùi khó chịu. (Ew ew! This room gives off an unpleasant smell.)
  • Chất lượng sản phẩm này êu êu. (The quality of this product is terribly, terribly bad.)

Variants and Related Words

• Êu xì (interjection): A variant exclamation, often used by children or in a more playful tone to express disgust.
  • Êu xì! Con sâu! (Ew! A worm!)

Synonyms

• Interjection: Ối giời ơi!, Kinh!, Tởm!, Eo ơi!, Úi!
• Adjective (colloquial): Tệ, Dở, Kém, Tồi.

Related Phrases

• "Êu như ...": As bad as ... (Used in similes for emphasis).
  • Cái xe này cũ êu như đồng nát. (This car is old and as bad as scrap metal.)

Related Idioms

• "Êu như c": A very vulgar and strong idiom meaning "extremely bad" or "terrible." (Note: This idiom is highly offensive and should be used with extreme caution, if at all.)
  • Dịch vụ ở đây êu như c.* (The service here is f*ing terrible.)

1. (thông tục) Bloody bad
2. Faugh! phew!
   • Êu! Bẩn ơi là bẩn!
     Phew! It's teribly dirty!
   • Êu êu (láy ý tăng)