chồng

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəwŋ͡m˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəwŋ͡m˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [cəwŋ͡m˨˩]

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From Northern Middle Vietnamese chào᷄, from Proto-Vietic *p-ʄoːŋ, *ɟoːŋ. Compare North Central nhôông, Mlabri ɟioŋ ("father"), Khmu joŋ ("man").

This word originally just meant "man, male", as with North Central gấy/cấy (“wife”), originally just meant "woman, female".

• (North Central Vietnam) nhôông, nhông
• (North Central Vietnam) dôông, dông

chồng • (重, 𫯰, 𫯳)

1. husband

   lấy chồng ― (of a woman) to get married

   bố/mẹ chồng ― husband's father/mother

• In vợ chồng (“wife and husband”), cô chú (“paternal aunt and her husband”), cô cậu (“you girls and boys”), dì dượng (“maternal aunt and her husband; stepmother and stepfather”), the words for females always come first. In most other phrases, the words for males usually come first, except in certain poetic contexts (e.g. mẹ cha (“mum and dad”) as opposed to the usual cha mẹ (“dad and mum”)).

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Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 重 (SV: trùng).

chồng • (𠽚, 𥔧, 𨤯)

1. to stack up

chồng

1. a stack