cờ vây
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]cờ (“board game with pieces or tokens”) + vây (“to encircle; to surround”), calque of Chinese 圍棋/围棋 (vi kì). Compare Japanese 囲碁 (igo).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kəː˨˩ vəj˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kəː˦˩ vəj˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [kəː˨˩ vəj˧˧] ~ [kəː˨˩ jəj˧˧]
Noun
[edit]- go (board game)