chơi chữ

Vietnamese

Etymology

chơi (“to play”) +‎ chữ (“script; word”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəːj˧˧ t͡ɕɨ˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəːj˧˧ t͡ɕɨ˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [cəːj˧˧ cɨ˨˩˦]

Verb

chơi chữ

1. (rhetoric) to play on words; to make wordplay; to skillfully make puns

Noun

chơi chữ

1. wordplay