nhậu

/ɲə̌w/

drinking session

Chúng tôi đi nhậu sau giờ làm việc.

We went for a drinking session after work.

informal

A social gathering centered around drinking alcohol, often with friends or colleagues.

Hôm nay anh ấy mời nhậu cho cả nhóm.

Today he treated the whole group to a drinking session.

Nhậu với bạn bè là một phần của văn hóa Việt Nam.

Drinking with friends is part of Vietnamese culture.

Often used to describe a casual outing involving alcohol, typically beer or rice wine.

Collocations

đi nhậuto go drinkingmời nhậuto treat someone to drinksnhậu với bạn bèto drink with friends

to abstain from drinking

beer drinking session

In Vietnam, 'nhậu' is often associated with bonding and socializing, especially among men.

Derived from the verb 'hậu' (to drink), with the prefix 'nh-' indicating a social or communal activity.

Commonly used in informal contexts to describe social drinking. Can also refer to the act of drinking alcohol in general.

nh-

social/communal

prefix

hậu

to drink

root

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