chòm xóm

Vietnamese

Etymology

chòm (“small hamlet”) +‎ xóm (“neighborhood”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɔm˨˩ sɔm˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɔm˦˩ sɔm˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [cɔm˨˩ sɔm˦˥]

Noun

chòm xóm • (𥬧𥯎)

  1. small hamlet and neighborhood
  2. (figurative) neighbors (especially within one's rural hamlet)
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