chơi hụi

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Noun

chơi hụi

1. a hui; a rotating savings and credit association-based system popular in overseas Chinese and Vietnamese communities in the United States and Taiwan where members of a tight-knit group pool money together and take turns withdrawing the lump sum