chế
See also: chê
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕe˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕej˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [cej˦˥]
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Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
chế
- to pour
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
chế
- to mock; to parody; to ridicule
Derived terms
- chế giễu (“to ridicule”)
- chế nhạo (“to mock”)
Etymology 3
From Teochew 姐 (zê2).
Noun
chế
- (Mekong Delta) elder sister
See also
- hia
Pronoun
chế
- (Mekong Delta) Used to address, or used by, a female who is older than the other person in the conversation.
- (neologism, slang, humorous) Used as a general pronoun.
- Chào các chế. ― Hello y'all. (slang)
Etymology 4
Sino-Vietnamese word from 製 (“to make/to manufacture”).
Verb
chế
- (only in compounds) to manufacture; to produce
Derived terms
- bào chế (“to produce medicine”)
- chế biến (“to process”)
- chế định (“to institute”)
- chế độ (“system”)
- chế ngự (“to restrain”)
- chế tác (“to craft”)
- chế tạo (“to manufacture”)
- hạn chế (“to limit”)
- học chế (“educational system”)
- pháp chế (“legislation”)
- phục chế (“to restore”)
- sáng chế (“to invent”)
- tiết chế (“to restrain”)
Etymology 5
Sino-Vietnamese word from 制.
Noun
chế
- (only in compounds) system
Verb
chế
- (only in compounds) to moderate; to limit; to control
Derived terms
- chế độ (“regime”)
- chuyên chế (“tyrannical”)