chọi
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "choi"
Vietnamese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “I suspect that some earlier meaning came from animals headbutting each other”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɔj˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɔj˨˩ʔ]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [cɔj˨˩˨]
Audio (Saigon): (file)
Verb
[edit]- to face off (with); to be versus (against)
- to have animals fight
- gà chọi ― gamecock
- chọi gà ― to have a cockfight
- chọi dế ― to have a cricket fight
- chọi cá ― to have a fish fight
- chọi trâu ― to have a water buffalo fight
- to collide; to bump; to slam (objects into each other)
- to throw; to toss; to fling
- Synonym: ném
- (literary, of text) to couple; to match
Derived terms
[edit]- chống chọi (“to fight against”)
- đối chọi