đũa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dua"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 箸 (“chopstick”, SV: trứ).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗuə˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗuə˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗuə˨˩˦]

Noun

(classifier chiếc, cây) đũa • (箸, 筷, 杜, 𥮊)

1. a chopstick (single eating utensil)

   cặp/đôi đũa lệch ― (figurative, humorous) a pair with a significant height difference (literally, “an uneven pair of chopsticks”)

2. (by extension, folklore, fantasy) a wand

Derived terms

• đũa cả (“large flat chopstick used to serve rice from a pot”)
• giun đũa (“ascaris lumbricoides”)
• đũa thần; đũa phép (“magic wand”)
• banh đũa