câu giờ

Vietnamese

Etymology

câu (“to fish with a rod”) +‎ giờ (“time”)

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kəw˧˧ zəː˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kəw˧˧ jəː˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kəw˧˧ jəː˨˩]

Verb

(figurative) to buy time, to run out the clock
(US politics) to filibuster

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