chôn vùi
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]chôn (“to bury”) + vùi (“to bury”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕon˧˧ vuj˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕoŋ˧˧ vuj˦˩]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [coŋ˧˧ vuj˨˩] ~ [coŋ˧˧ juj˨˩] invalid IPA characters (][)
Verb
[edit]- to bury; to cover (with material)
- (figurative) to hide; to conceal
- (figurative) to ruin; to destroy