chơi chữ

Vietnamese

Etymology

chơi (“to play”) +‎ chữ (“script; 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; to make wordplay; to skillfully make puns

Noun

chơi chữ

wordplay

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