môn đăng hộ đối

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 門當戶對.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [mon˧˧ ʔɗaŋ˧˧ ho˧˨ʔ ʔɗoj˧˦]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [moŋ˧˧ ʔɗaŋ˧˧ how˨˩ʔ ʔɗoj˨˩˦]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [moŋ˧˧ ʔɗaŋ˧˧ how˨˩˨ ʔɗoj˦˥]

    Idiom

    môn đăng hộ đối

    1. to be well-matched in terms of socio-economic status (for purposes of marriage); to have similar family backgrounds
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