cờ vây

Vietnamese

Etymology

cờ (“board game with pieces or tokens”) +‎ vây (“to encircle; to surround”), calque of Chinese 圍棋／围棋 (vi kì). Compare Japanese 囲碁 (igo).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kəː˨˩ vəj˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kəː˦˩ vəj˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kəː˨˩ vəj˧˧] ~ [kəː˨˩ jəj˧˧]

Noun

go (board game)

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