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Vietnamese
Etymology
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 箸 (“chopstick”, SV: trợ).
Pronunciation
Noun
(classifier chiếc, cây) đũa • (箸, 筷, 杜, 𥮊)
- a chopstick (single eating utensil)
- cặp/đôi đũa lệch ― (figurative, humorous) a pair with a significant height difference (literally, “an uneven pair of chopsticks”)
- (by extension, folklore, fantasy) a wand
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