câu cửa miệng

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• câu nói cửa miệng
• lời cửa miệng
• lời nói cửa miệng

Etymology

câu (“sentence”) +‎ cửa (“door”) +‎ miệng (“mouth”), implying that such sentences or phrases start "from the opening of the mouth", and don't have much thought put into them.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kəw˧˧ kɨə˧˩ miəŋ˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kəw˧˧ kɨə˧˨ miəŋ˨˩ʔ]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kəw˧˧ kɨə˨˩˦ miəŋ˨˩˨]

Noun

câu cửa miệng

1. colloquialisms or colloquial collocations
2. (derogatory) colloquialisms or slang that are thought of as unrefined or thoughtless