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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | chơi | to play (an instrument, a sport, etc.) |
via Vietnamese đùa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | đùa | to joke; to jest; to tease |