cờ vua

Vietnamese

Etymology

From cờ (“board game with pieces or tokens”) +‎ vua (“monarch”), ultimately a calque of Persian شاه (šâh, “king”) (> شاهمات (šâh-mât, “checkmate”)), through a European source like French échec (“check”), échecs (“chess”). Compare cờ tướng (“xiangqi”, literally “general board game”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kəː˨˩ vuə˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kəː˦˩ vuə˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kəː˨˩ vuə˧˧] ~ [kəː˨˩ juə˧˧]

Noun

cờ vua

  1. chess (two-player board game)

See also

Chess pieces in Vietnamese · quân cờ vua (layout · text)
vua hậu xe, xa tượng, tịnh mã tốt, chốt
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