chơi bời

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Vietnamese

Etymology

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Particularly: “chơi (“to play”) +‎ bời (“numerous; messy”)? Compare bời bời (profuse), rối bời (jumbled), tơi bời (shattered).”

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəːj˧˧ ʔɓəːj˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəːj˧˧ ʔɓəːj˦˩]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [cəːj˧˧ ʔɓəːj˨˩]

Verb

chơi bời • (𨔈𫄐)

to play around; to mess around
(figurative) to be self-indulgent

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