chôn nhau cắt rốn

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

chôn ("to bury") + nhau ("the placenta") + cắt ("to cut") + rốn ("the navel"), "to bury the placenta and cut the umbilical cord".

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕon˧˧ ɲaw˧˧ kat̚˧˦ zon˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕoŋ˧˧ ɲaw˧˧ kak̚˦˧˥ ʐoŋ˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [coŋ˧˧ ɲa(ː)w˧˧ kak̚˦˥ ɹoŋ˦˥]

Idiom

chôn nhau cắt rốn

  1. where one was born; (the place) of one's birth
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