chơi chữ
Vietnamese
Etymology
chơi (“to play”) + chữ (“character; word”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəːj˧˧ t͡ɕɨ˦ˀ˥]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəːj˧˧ t͡ɕɨ˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [cəːj˧˧ cɨ˨˩˦]
Verb
chơi chữ
- (rhetoric) to play on words