bật mí

Vietnamese

Etymology

From bí mật (“secret”), generated through the nói lái process, with semantic influence from bật (“to switch on”) and mí (“eyelid”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓət̚˧˨ʔ mi˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓək̚˨˩ʔ mɪj˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓək̚˨˩˨ mɪj˦˥]

Verb

bật mí

1. to reveal (a secret, an unknown fact, a tip)

   bật mí bí mật ― reveal the secret

Anagrams

• bí mật