cờ vây

Vietnamese

Etymology

cờ (“board game with pieces or tokens”) +‎ vây (“to encircle; to surround”), calque of Chinese 圍棋／围棋 (vi kì). Compare Japanese 囲碁 (igo).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kəː˨˩ vəj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kəː˦˩ vəj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kəː˨˩ vəj˧˧] ~ [kəː˨˩ jəj˧˧]

Noun

cờ vây

1. go (board game)