chồng

See also: chong, chóng, chòng, chông, chōng, and chǒng

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəwŋ͡m˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəwŋ͡m˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [cəwŋ͡m˨˩]

Etymology 1

From Middle Vietnamese chào᷄, from Proto-Vietic *p-ʄoːŋ, *ɟoːŋ. Compare Nghệ An/Hà Tĩnh dialects nhôông, Mlabri ɟjoːŋ ~ joːŋ ("man, father"), Khmu joŋ ("man").

Noun

chồng • (𫯰, 𫯳)

1. husband

   lấy chồng ― (of a woman) to get married

   bố/mẹ chồng ― husband's father/mother

Usage notes

• In vợ chồng (“wife and husband”), cô chú (“paternal aunt and her husband”) and cô cậu (“you girls and boys”), the words for women always come first. In most other phrases, the words for males usually come first, except in certain poetic contexts (e.g. mẹ cha (“mum and dad”) as opposed to the usual cha mẹ (“dad and mum”)).

Derived terms

Derived terms

• anh chồng
• vợ chồng

 

Further reading

• chunom.org

Etymology 2

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 重 (SV: trùng).

Verb

chồng • (𠽚, 𥔧, 𨤯)

1. to stack up

Derived terms

Derived terms

• chồng chất
• chồng chéo
• xếp chồng

 

Noun

chồng

1. a stack