bế quan toả cảng

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 閉關鎖港.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓe˧˦ kwaːn˧˧ twaː˧˩ kaːŋ˧˩]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓej˨˩˦ kwaːŋ˧˧ twaː˧˨ kaːŋ˧˨]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓej˦˥ waːŋ˧˧ t⁽ʷ⁾aː˨˩˦ kaːŋ˨˩˦]

    Idiom

    bế quan toả cảng

    1. to cut off a country from the outside world