chơi đùa

Vietnamese

Etymology

chơi (“to play”) +‎ đùa (“to mess around”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəːj˧˧ ʔɗuə˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəːj˧˧ ʔɗuə˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [cəːj˧˧ ʔɗuə˨˩]

Verb

chơi đùa

1. to play; to play around; to mess around (especially of children)