cờ tướng
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kəː˨˩ tɨəŋ˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kəː˦˩ tɨəŋ˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kəː˨˩ tɨəŋ˦˥]
Etymology 1 edit
From cờ (“board game with pieces or tokens”) + tướng (“general”, xiangqi equivalent of the chess king), perhaps also referencing Chinese 將/将 (tướng, “to check”). Compare Chinese 象棋 (tượng kì). Also compare cờ vua (“chess”, literally “king board game”).
Noun edit
Etymology 2 edit
Calque of Japanese 将棋 (shōgi, tướng kì)