game thủ

Vietnamese

Etymology

game (“video game”) +‎ -thủ (“-er”), calque of English gamer

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɣem˧˧ tʰu˧˩], [ɣɛm˧˧ tʰu˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ɣem˧˧ tʰʊw˧˨], [ɣɛm˧˧ tʰʊw˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɣem˧˧ tʰʊw˨˩˦], [ɣɛm˧˧ tʰʊw˨˩˦]
Phonetic: ghêm thủ, ghem thủ

Noun

(neologism, video games) a gamer

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