chế

See also: chê

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕe˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕej˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) 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

1. to pour

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

chế

1. to mock; to parody; to ridicule

Derived terms

• chế giễu (“to ridicule”)
• chế nhạo (“to mock”)

 

Etymology 3

From Teochew 姐 (zê2).

Noun

chế

1. (Mekong Delta) elder sister

See also

• hia

Pronoun

chế

1. (Mekong Delta) Used to address, or used by, a female who is older than the other person in the conversation.
2. (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

1. (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”)
• Hoà chế Hán ngữ (“wasei-kango”)
• 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

1. (only in compounds) system

Verb

chế

1. (only in compounds) to moderate; to limit; to control

Derived terms

• chế độ (“regime”)
• chuyên chế (“tyrannical”)