chế

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕe˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕej˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [cej˦˥]

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

chế

1. to pour

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

chế

1. to mock; to parody; to ridicule

From Teochew 姐 (zê2).

chế

1. (Mekong Delta) elder sister

• hia

chế

1. (Mekong Delta) Used to address, or used by, a female who is older than the other person in the conversation.
2. (neologism, slang, humorous) Used as a general pronoun.

   Chào các chế. ― Hello y'all. (slang)

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

chế

1. (only in compounds) to manufacture; to produce

Sino-Vietnamese word from 制.

chế

1. (only in compounds) system

chế

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