cấm cung

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 禁 (“to forbid”) and 宮 (“palace”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kəm˧˦ kʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kəm˦˧˥ kʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kəm˦˥ kʊwŋ͡m˧˧]

Verb

cấm cung

  1. to confine to the house (usually used of a high-born girl in the feudal times)

Noun

cấm cung

  1. (archaic) synonym of cung cấm (“forbidden palace (where the emperor lives)”)
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