đũa

See also: đùa, đưa, dua, dứa, dừa, and đua

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (“chopstick; SV: trứ).

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier chiếc, cây) đũa (, , , 𥮊)

  1. chopstick (single eating utensil)
    cặp đôi đũa lệch
    lit. an uneven pair of chopsticks; (figurative, humorous) a pair with a significant height difference
  2. (by extension, folklore, fantasy) wand

Derived terms

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