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cờ vua

Level ≈A2 (approx.) noun Top 1,000 most common
Hanoi [kəː˨˩ vuə˧˧]Huế [kəː˦˩ vuə˧˧]Saigon [kəː˨˩ vuə˧˧] browser voice
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cờfallinghuyềnvualevelngang

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cờ vua means chess.

Meanings of cờ vua in English

Noun

  1. chess (two-player board game)

Example sentences with cờ vua

  • Cờ vua là đam mê của tôi. Chess is my passion.
  • Tôi đã chơi cờ vua từ nhỏ. I've been playing chess since I was a kid.
  • Anh ấy không chơi cờ vua 3D. He doesn't play three-dimensional chess.
  • Tom và mình đang chơi cờ vua. Tom and I are playing chess.
  • Chúng tôi đã chơi cờ vua. We played chess.
  • Bạn có thích cờ vua không? Do you like chess?
  • Hôm nay là Ngày Quốc tế Cờ vua. Today is the International Chess Day.
  • Tôi đã muốn chơi cờ vua với bạn. I wanted to play chess with you.

Bilingual example sentences from Tatoeba (tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR).

Etymology

From cờ (“board game with pieces or tokens”) + vua (“monarch”), ultimately a calque of Persian شاه (šâh, “king”) (> شاهمات (šâh-mât, “checkmate”)), through a European source like French échec (“check”), échecs (“chess”). Compare cờ tướng (“xiangqi”, literally “general board game”).

Frequently asked questions

What does cờ vua mean in English?

cờ vua (noun) means "chess".

How do you pronounce cờ vua?

IPA: Hanoi [kəː˨˩ vuə˧˧]; Saigon [kəː˨˩ vuə˧˧]. Tones: cờ — falling tone (huyền), vua — level tone (ngang).

Meanings, pronunciation and etymology from English Wiktionary (wiktionary.org, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0), reviewed and edited; example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). IPA shown for three accents: Hanoi (Northern), Huế (Central) and Saigon (Southern). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice, for reference only. Levels are approximate, estimated from word frequency. Spotted a mistake? Let NgonNgu know.