cốt nhục

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 骨肉.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kot̚˧˦ ɲʊwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kok̚˦˧˥ ɲʊwk͡p̚˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kok̚˦˥ ɲʊwk͡p̚˨˩˨]

Noun

cốt nhục

1. (literary) one's own flesh and blood, a blood relative