chôn nhau cắt rốn

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

chôn rau cắt rốn

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˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [coŋ˧˧ ɲa(ː)w˧˧ kak̚˦˥ ɹoŋ˦˥]

Idiom

chôn nhau cắt rốn

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

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