câu giờ
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
câu (“to fish with a rod”) + giờ (“time”)
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kəw˧˧ zəː˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kəw˧˧ jəː˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kəw˧˧ jəː˨˩]
Verb edit
- (figurative) to buy time, to run out the clock
- (US politics) to filibuster