đũa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dua"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 箸 (“chopstick”, SV: trợ).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗuə˦ˀ˥]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗuə˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗuə˨˩˦]

Noun

(classifier chiếc, cây, cái) đũa • (箸, 筷, 杜, 𥮊)

  1. chopstick (single eating utensil)
    cặp/đôi đũa lệch ― (figurative, humorous) a pair with a significant height difference (literally, “an uneven pair of chopsticks”)
  2. (by extension, folklore, fantasy) wand

Derived terms

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