câu cửa miệng

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • câu nói cửa miệng
  • lời cửa miệng
  • lời nói cửa miệng

Etymology

câu (“sentence”) +‎ cửa (“door”) +‎ miệng (“mouth”), implying that such sentences or phrases start "from the opening of the mouth", and don't have much thought put into them.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kəw˧˧ kɨə˧˩ miəŋ˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kəw˧˧ kɨə˧˨ miəŋ˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kəw˧˧ kɨə˨˩˦ miəŋ˨˩˨]

Noun

câu cửa miệng

  1. colloquialisms or colloquial collocations
  2. (derogatory) colloquialisms or slang that are thought of as unrefined or thoughtless
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