chuyện

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 傳 (SV: truyện). Doublet of truyện, truyền, chuyền, and đồn.

The initial ‹ch-› here and in chuyền possibly results from a sound change insides Vietnamese, different from, and later than the one which yields ‹ch-› in chạp, chàng, & possibly also chuồng.

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier câu) chuyện • (傳, 𡀯)

  1. a story, a tale, or an anecdote
    chuyện cổ tích ― a fairy tale
    kể chuyện ― to tell a story; to tell an anecdote
  2. matters; affairs
    Synonym: việc
    chuyện người đời ― other people's business
    nói chuyện ― to talk, discuss, or chat
    lắm/nhiều chuyện ― nosy; inquisitive
    chuyện riêng ― private matters
    công chuyện ― important business
  3. manufactured trouble
    kiếm chuyện ― to ask for trouble; to make something out of nothing
  4. Misspelling of truyện (“storybook”).

See also

Derived terms

Interjection

chuyện

  1. duh!
    Chuyện! Anh mày chứ ai!
    Duh! Of course it's yours truly right here!
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