bát ô-tô
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
From bát (“bowl”) + ô-tô (“car”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːt̚˧˦ ʔo˧˧ to˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːk̚˦˧˥ ʔow˧˧ tow˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːk̚˦˥ ʔow˧˧ tow˧˧]
Noun edit
- (Northern Vietnam) a large bowl, "large" only in comparison to the small bát/chén/đọi in East Asia, but actually regular-sized elsewhere, usually used to contain more food than a small portion of rice for a person