game thủ

Vietnamese

Etymology

game (“video game”) +‎ -thủ (“-er”), calque of English gamer

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɣem˧˧ tʰu˧˩], [ɣɛm˧˧ tʰu˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ɣem˧˧ tʰʊw˧˨], [ɣɛm˧˧ tʰʊw˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɣem˧˧ tʰʊw˨˩˦], [ɣɛm˧˧ tʰʊw˨˩˦]
  • Phonetic spelling: ghêm thủ, ghem thủ

Noun

game thủ

  1. (neologism, video games) a gamer
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