Vietnamese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “I suspect that some earlier meaning came from animals headbutting each other”)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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chọi (𧥃 - 󱰓, 𩠵)

  1. to face off (with); to be versus (against)
  2. to have animals fight
    chọigamecock
    chọito have a cockfight
    chọi dếto have a cricket fight
    chọi cáto have a fish fight
    chọi trâuto have a water buffalo fight
  3. to collide; to bump; to slam (objects into each other)
  4. to throw; to toss; to fling
    Synonym: ném
  5. (literary, of text) to couple; to match

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