chọi

• chõi (rare)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “I suspect that some earlier meaning came from animals headbutting each other”)

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɔj˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɔj˨˩ʔ]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [cɔj˨˩˨]

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chọi • (𧥃 - 󱰓, 𩠵)

1. to face off (with); to be versus (against)
2. to have animals fight

   gà chọi ― gamecock

   chọi gà ― to have a cockfight

   chọi dế ― to have a cricket fight

   chọi cá ― to have a fish fight

   chọi trâu ― to have a water buffalo fight

3. to collide; to bump; to slam (objects into each other)
4. to throw; to toss; to fling

   Synonym: ném

5. (literary, of text) to couple; to match