chơi chữ
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Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
chơi (“to play”) + chữ (“script; word”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəːj˧˧ t͡ɕɨ˦ˀ˥]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəːj˧˧ t͡ɕɨ˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [cəːj˧˧ cɨ˨˩˦]
Verb[edit]
- (rhetoric) to play on words; to make wordplay; to skillfully make puns