mùi vị

Vietnamese

Etymology

mùi (“smell, odour”) +‎ vị (“taste”). Both are borrowings from Chinese 味 (“smell, odour; taste”), the first non-Sino-Vietnamese, and the latter Sino-Vietnamese.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [muj˨˩ vi˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [muj˦˩ vɪj˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [muj˨˩ vɪj˨˩˨] ~ [muj˨˩ jɪj˨˩˨]

Noun

mùi vị

taste, scent

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