măng tây

Vietnamese

Etymology

măng (“bamboo shoot”) +‎ tây (“Western”). Compare Khmer ទំពាំងបារាំង (tumpĕəngbaarĕəng, literally “French bamboo shoot”) and Thai หน่อไม้ฝรั่ง (nɔ̀ɔ-máai-fà-ràng, literally “foreign/Western bamboo shoot”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [maŋ˧˧ təj˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [maŋ˧˧ təj˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [maŋ˧˧ təj˧˧]

Noun

(classifier cây) măng tây

asparagus

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