đũa
Vietnamese
Etymology
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 箸 (“chopstick”, SV: trứ).
Pronunciation
Noun
(classifier chiếc, cây) đũa • (箸, 筷, 杜, 𥮊)
- chopstick (single eating utensil)
- cặp đôi đũa lệch
- lit. an uneven pair of chopsticks; (figurative, humorous) a pair with a significant height difference
- (by extension, folklore, fantasy) wand
Derived terms
- đũa cả (“large flat chopstick used to serve rice from a pot”)
- giun đũa (“ascaris lumbricoides”)
- đũa thần; đũa phép (“magic wand”)