game thủ

Vietnamese

Etymology

game (“video game”) +‎ -thủ (“-er”), calque of English gamer

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɣem˧˧ tʰu˧˩], [ɣɛm˧˧ tʰu˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ɣem˧˧ tʰʊw˧˨], [ɣɛm˧˧ tʰʊw˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɣem˧˧ tʰʊw˨˩˦], [ɣɛm˧˧ tʰʊw˨˩˦]
• Phonetic spelling: ghêm thủ, ghem thủ

Noun

game thủ

1. (neologism, video games) a gamer