chôn nhau cắt rốn

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

chôn (bury) +‎ nhau (placenta) +‎ cắt (cut) +‎ rốn (navel), literally "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