oẳn tù tì

Vietnamese

Etymology

From English one, two, three.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔwan˧˩ tu˨˩ ti˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔwaŋ˧˨ tʊw˦˩ tɪj˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔwaŋ˨˩˦ tʊw˨˩ tɪj˨˩]

Noun

oẳn tù tì

(Northern Vietnam, games) rock paper scissors
Oẳn tù tì, ra cái gì, ra cái này
Rock paper scissors, what I got, I got this.
- 2011, Lê Đức Quang, “Oẳn tù tì”, in Dịu dàng ơi!, Công ty Văn hóa Hương Trang:
  
  Lúc cưới nhau rồi, anh chị vẫn giữ thói quen trò chơi cũ. Trưa cũng như chiều, ăn cơm xong anh chị lại chơi oẳn tù tì, ai thua rửa chén, ai thắng ngồi gác chân cười ha hả trêu tức người thua.
  They still kept the habit of playing the game [of rock paper scissors] when they got married. Noon was like afternoon; after lunch they would play a game of rock paper scissors, and whoever lost would wash the dishes, teased by the winner who was laughing and sitting with their feet up.

Verb

oẳn tù tì

(Northern Vietnam, games) to play rock paper scissors

Synonyms

xù xi

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