không có lửa làm sao có khói
Vietnamese
editEtymology
editkhông có (“without”) + lửa (“fire”) + làm sao (“how”) + có (“there is”) + khói (“smoke”)
Pronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xəwŋ͡m˧˧ kɔ˧˦ lɨə˧˩ laːm˨˩ saːw˧˧ kɔ˧˦ xɔj˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰəwŋ͡m˧˧ kɔ˨˩˦ lɨə˧˨ laːm˦˩ ʂaːw˧˧ kɔ˨˩˦ kʰɔj˨˩˦] ~ [xəwŋ͡m˧˧ kɔ˨˩˦ lɨə˧˨ laːm˦˩ saːw˧˧ kɔ˨˩˦ xɔj˨˩˦]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰəwŋ͡m˧˧ kɔ˦˥ lɨə˨˩˦ laːm˨˩ ʂaːw˧˧ kɔ˦˥ kʰɔj˦˥] ~ [xəwŋ͡m˧˧ kɔ˦˥ lɨə˨˩˦ laːm˨˩ saːw˧˧ kɔ˦˥ xɔj˦˥]
Phrase
edit- (literally) without fire, how is there smoke?
- (figuratively) there's no smoke without fire