cờ vua

Vietnamese

Etymology

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

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kəː˨˩ vuə˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kəː˦˩ vuə˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kəː˨˩ vuə˧˧] ~ [kəː˨˩ juə˧˧]

Noun

chess (two-player board game)

See also

Chess pieces in Vietnamese · quân cờ vua (layout · text)

vua	hậu	xe, xa	tượng, tịnh	mã	tốt, chốt

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