cờ vua
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From cờ (“board game with pieces or tokens”) + vua (“any of ruler title like king, shah, calque of chess, from shah”). Compare cờ tướng (“xiangqi”, literally “general board game”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kəː˨˩ vuə˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kəː˦˩ vuə˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [kəː˨˩ vuə˧˧] ~ [kəː˨˩ juə˧˧] invalid IPA characters (][)
Noun
[edit]- chess (two-player board game)
See also
[edit]| Chess pieces in Vietnamese · quân cờ vua (layout · text) | |||||
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| vua | hậu | xe, xa | tượng, tịnh | mã | tốt, chốt |