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  • 1.1 Etymology
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    • 1.3.1 Derived terms
  • 1.4 Interjection

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In other projects Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wiktionary, the free dictionary See also: chuyên, chuyền, chuyển, and chuyến

Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 傳 (SV: truyện). Doublet of truyện, truyền, chuyền, and đồn.

The initial ‹ch-› here and in chuyền possibly results from a sound change inside Vietnamese, different from, and later than the one which yields ‹ch-› in chạp, chàng, & possibly also chuồng.

Pronunciation

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• (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕwiən˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕwiəŋ˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA(key): [c⁽ʷ⁾iəŋ˨˩˨]

Noun

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(classifier câu) chuyện • (傳, 𡀯)

1. a story, a tale, or an anecdote chuyện cổ tích ― a fairy tale kể chuyện ― to tell a story; to tell an anecdote
2. matters; affairs Synonym: việc chuyện người đời ― other people's business nói chuyện ― to talk, discuss, or chat lắm/nhiều chuyện ― nosy; inquisitive chuyện riêng ― private matters công chuyện ― important business
3. manufactured trouble kiếm chuyện ― to ask for trouble; to make something out of nothing
4. misspelling of truyện (“storybook”)

Derived terms

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• chuyện bé xé ra to
• chuyện đâu còn có đó
• chuyện thường ngày ở huyện
• chuyện trò
• lắm chuyện
• nhiễu chuyện
• nhiều chuyện
• tiếp chuyện
• trò chuyện

Interjection

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chuyện

1. duh! Chuyện! Anh mày chứ ai!Duh! Of course it's yours truly right here!

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