cờ tướng

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kəː˨˩ tɨəŋ˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kəː˦˩ tɨəŋ˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kəː˨˩ tɨəŋ˦˥]

Etymology 1

From cờ (“board game with pieces or tokens”) +‎ tướng (“general”, xiangqi equivalent of the chess king), perhaps also referencing Chinese 將／将 (tướng, “to check”). Compare Chinese 象棋 (tượng kì). Also compare cờ vua (“chess”, literally “king board game”).

Noun

cờ tướng

1. xiangqi; Chinese chess

Etymology 2

Calque of Japanese 将棋 (shōgi, tướng kì)

Noun

cờ tướng

1. shogi

Etymology 3

Calque of Korean 장기 (janggi)

Noun

cờ tướng

1. janggi