đũa
See also: Appendix:Variations of "dua"
Vietnamese
editEtymology
editNon-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 箸 (“chopstick”, SV: trợ).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit(classifier chiếc, cây) đũa • (箸, 筷, 杜, 𥮊)
- a chopstick (single eating utensil)
- cặp/đôi đũa lệch ― (figurative, humorous) a pair with a significant height difference (literally, “an uneven pair of chopsticks”)
- (by extension, folklore, fantasy) a wand
Derived terms
edit- đũa cả (“large flat chopstick used to serve rice from a pot”)
- giun đũa (“ascaris lumbricoides”)
- đũa thần; đũa phép (“magic wand”)
- banh đũa