Where does “chơi đùa” come from?

chơi đùa (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese chơi — to play (an instrument, a sport, etc.).

chơi đùa (Vietnamese): to play; to play around; to mess around (especially of children)

Definitions

  1. to play; to play around; to mess around (especially of children)

Ancestry of “chơi đùa”, step by step

chơi đùa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chơi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechơito play (an instrument, a sport, etc.)

via Vietnamese đùa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđùato joke; to jest; to tease
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