chơi chữ

Vietnamese

Etymology

chơi (“to play”) +‎ chữ (“script; word”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəːj˧˧ t͡ɕɨ˦ˀ˥]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəːj˧˧ t͡ɕɨ˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [cəːj˧˧ cɨ˨˩˦]

Verb

chơi chữ

  1. (rhetoric) to play on words; to make wordplay; to skillfully make puns

Noun

chơi chữ

  1. wordplay
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