bệnh tòng khẩu nhập, hoạ tòng khẩu xuất

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Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 病從口入,禍從口出.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓəjŋ̟˧˨ʔ tawŋ͡m˨˩ xəw˧˩ ɲəp̚˧˨ʔ hwaː˧˨ʔ tawŋ͡m˨˩ xəw˧˩ swət̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓen˨˩ʔ tawŋ͡m˦˩ kʰəw˧˨ ɲəp̚˨˩ʔ hwaː˨˩ʔ tawŋ͡m˦˩ kʰəw˧˨ swək̚˦˧˥] ~ [ʔɓen˨˩ʔ tɔŋ˦˩ xəw˧˨ ɲəp̚˨˩ʔ hwaː˨˩ʔ tɔŋ˦˩ xəw˧˨ swək̚˦˧˥]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓəːn˨˩˨ tawŋ͡m˨˩ kʰəw˨˩˦ ɲəp̚˨˩˨ waː˨˩˨ tawŋ͡m˨˩ kʰəw˨˩˦ s⁽ʷ⁾ək̚˦˥] ~ [ʔɓəːn˨˩˨ tawŋ͡m˨˩ xəw˨˩˦ ɲəp̚˨˩˨ waː˨˩˨ tawŋ͡m˨˩ xəw˨˩˦ s⁽ʷ⁾ək̚˦˥]

Phrase[edit]

bệnh tòng khẩu nhập, hoạ tòng khẩu xuất

  1. Illness comes in via the mouth because of food and trouble goes out via the mouth because of words; carefulness required in diet and speech