câu giờ

Vietnamese

Etymology

câu (“to fish with a rod”) +‎ giờ (“time”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kəw˧˧ zəː˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kəw˧˧ jəː˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kəw˧˧ jəː˨˩]

Verb

câu giờ

  1. (figurative) to buy time, to run out the clock
  2. (US politics) to filibuster
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