chôn nhau cắt rốn

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• chôn rau cắt rốn

Etymology

chôn ("to bury") + nhau ("the placenta") + cắt ("to cut") + rốn ("the navel"), "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˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [coŋ˧˧ ɲa(ː)w˧˧ kak̚˦˥ ɹoŋ˦˥]

Idiom

chôn nhau cắt rốn

1. where one was born; (the place) of one's birth