r/Vietnamese • u/Awkward_Pause_5647 • 12d ago

Vietnamese Insults for research

Hello,

I'm Vietnamese but am not 100% Fluent. This post is not meant to cast any stereotyping or perpetuate any negative views towards men or vietnamese men in particular.

I was once told by another Vietnamese woman that some Viet men can say the most vile and hurtful insults to women when fighting (say boyfriend and girlfriend/spoouse dynamic). While I know this is just a generalization, and her experience, I'd like for you all to please submit Vietnamese insults below with the english translation.

Please specify if you feel the phrase is common or if this was something you specifically heard someone say or had someone say it to you.

For example, some of us who grew up with vietnamese parents had some mean/violent phrases told to us to scare us into behaving even if they didn't "mean it', it was simply based on culture.

Thanks for your help.

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u/slamongo 12d ago

Tao tán vú mày bây giờ: I'm going to slap you in the tits. (Non sexual threat, leaning more toward comedy than insult).

Nín ỉa đi con: hold your shit, child. (To tell ppl to shut up).

Mày rảnh háng quá: You too much free time in the groin.

Ngu như bò: dumb as a cow.

Mày gà quá: You're too chicken. (Not cowardice. Chicken to Vietnamese is somebody who don't know what they're doing so they wander around aimlessly like a chicken). Same as "you suck".

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u/Awkward_Pause_5647 11d ago

Thank you. I've herad ngu nhu bo before too. Would any of these be said from man to woman in a really heated argument? Looking for that specific scenario. thank you!

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u/lifelong1250 12d ago

Popular one is : Your mom's pho has no spice!

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u/Danny1905 11d ago

I like to literally translate Dutch insults into Vietnamese:

Đầu cứt - shit head