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