Mi-chê

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from French Michée. The <ch> represents a postalveolar fricative [ʃ] in modern French, meaning this is partially an orthographic borrowing from French, used probably because <s> is already reserved for the French alveolar fricative [s].

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mi˧˧ t͡ɕe˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [mɪj˧˧ t͡ɕej˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [mɪj˧˧ cej˧˧]
Phonetic spelling: mi chê

Proper noun

Mi-chê

(biblical, Protestantism) Alternative form of Mi-kha (“Micah”)