Word
yobo
noun
残忍粗暴的人
a cruel and brutal fellow
- 1.
a cruel and brutal fellow
粗暴残忍的人
粗暴残忍的人；游手好闲的年轻人
In use
A yobo shoved me aside on the crowded platform.
The shop owner called the yobo a troublemaker who had broken the window.
Nobody dared to say that the neighborhood bully was a yobo.
be a yobo
yobo 是贬义词，指残忍粗暴的人。
He was known as a yobo in the neighborhood.
他在附近被称为一个恶棍。
act like a yobo
Stop acting like a yobo and show some respect.
别再像个恶棍一样，尊重一点。
call someone a yobo
They called him a yobo after the fight.
打架后他们叫他恶棍。
Common mistakes
He is yobo.He is a yobo.
中文学习者常忽略不定冠词，但yobo是可数名词单数，前面必须加冠词。
He yobos.He is a yobo.
Yobo是名词，不可用作动词；表示‘他是游手好闲的人’要用系表结构。
Connections
Confusing words
- yob
- 粗鲁无礼的年轻人 · yob 是英国俚语，指粗暴无礼的年轻人，而 yobo 则强调游手好闲且残暴的人。
Learner notes
Grammar Note
可数名词
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.