câu giờ

Vietnamese

Etymology

câu (“to fish with a rod”) +‎ giờ (“time”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kəw˧˧ zəː˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kəw˧˧ jəː˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kəw˧˧ jəː˨˩]

Verb

câu giờ

1. (figurative) to buy time, to run out the clock
2. (US politics) to filibuster