hiệp phụ

Vietnamese

Etymology

hiệp (“round”) +‎ phụ (“secondary”), literally “secondary round”. hiệp can be translated as "half", but it means "round" or "game" in general because not every sport match consists of only two games (thus "halves") like soccer.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hiəp̚˧˨ʔ fu˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [hiəp̚˨˩ʔ fʊw˨˩ʔ]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [hip̚˨˩˨ fʊw˨˩˨]

Noun

hiệp phụ

(sports) a game of overtime/extra time

Usage notes

If a match extends to extra time, the main games may be dubbed hiệp chính (literally “primary rounds”) as the opposite.