ghẻ nghĩa là gì? — meaning in English

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Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

(noun) scabies

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

bệnh ghẻ

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Register: informalConnotation: offensive or derogatory to many

Where it’s used: Used Toàn quốc & hải ngoại · Vietnam-wide & diaspora

Sources & notes

Imported from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-29); community review pending. source ↗

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Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

(noun) scab

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

vảy vết thương

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Register: informalConnotation: offensive or derogatory to many

Sense 3

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

(noun) short for cái ghẻ (“itch mite”)

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

con ghẻ

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Register: informalConnotation: offensive or derogatory to many

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Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

(adjective) shit; trash; garbage; low-quality; cheap

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

kém chất lượng

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Register: informalConnotation: offensive or derogatory to many

Examples

Nhà có cái máy tính ghẻ thôi, game ghiếc gì.I only have a trash PC at home, that thing is not gonna be able to handle any game.

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Sense 5

Meaning · English

(prefix, derogatory) step- (family relation): mẹ ghẻ (stepmother), con ghẻ (stepchild) — literally "scabies", and the fairy-tale connotations are just as unkind.

⚠ Register: derogatory

Sources & notes

Sense documented on en.wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), definition adapted; retrieved 2026-08-05.

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