chế

See also: chê

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕe˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕej˨˩˦]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [cej˦˥]
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Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

chế

to pour

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

chế

to mock; to parody; to ridicule

Derived terms

chế giễu (“to ridicule”)
chế nhạo (“to mock”)

Etymology 3

From Teochew 姐 (zê2).

Noun

chế

(Mekong Delta) elder sister

See also

hia

Pronoun

chế

(Mekong Delta) Used to address, or used by, a female who is older than the other person in the conversation.
(neologism, slang, humorous) Used as a general pronoun.
Chào các chế. ― Hello y'all. (slang)

Etymology 4

Sino-Vietnamese word from 製 (“to make/to manufacture”).

Verb

chế

(only in compounds) to manufacture; to produce

Derived terms

bào chế (“to produce medicine”)
chế biến (“to process”)
chế định (“to institute”)
chế độ (“system”)
chế ngự (“to restrain”)
chế tác (“to craft”)
chế tạo (“to manufacture”)
hạn chế (“to limit”)
Hoà chế Hán ngữ (“wasei-kango”)
học chế (“educational system”)
pháp chế (“legislation”)
phục chế (“to restore”)
sáng chế (“to invent”)
tiết chế (“to restrain”)

Etymology 5

Sino-Vietnamese word from 制.

Noun

chế

(only in compounds) system

Verb

chế

(only in compounds) to moderate; to limit; to control

Derived terms

chế độ (“regime”)
chuyên chế (“tyrannical”)

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