bế quan toả cảng

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• bế quan tỏa cảng

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 閉關鎖港.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓe˧˦ kwaːn˧˧ twaː˧˩ kaːŋ˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓej˨˩˦ kwaːŋ˧˧ twaː˧˨ kaːŋ˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓej˦˥ waːŋ˧˧ t⁽ʷ⁾aː˨˩˦ kaːŋ˨˩˦]

Idiom

bế quan toả cảng

1. to cut off a country from the outside world