chơi hụi

Vietnamese edit

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chơi hụi

Etymology edit

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Particularly: “Looks like chơi +‎ hụi, where hụi seems like a Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 會 (SV: hội).”

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəːj˧˧ huj˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəːj˧˧ huj˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [cəːj˧˧ huj˨˩˨]

Noun edit

chơi hụi

a hui; a rotating savings and credit association-based system popular in overseas Chinese and Vietnamese communities in the United States and Taiwan where members of a tight-knit group pool money together and take turns withdrawing the lump sum