măng tây

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

măng (“bamboo shoot”) +‎ tây (“Western”). Compare also Thai หน่อไม้ฝรั่ง (nɔ̀ɔ-máai-fà-ràng, “asparagus”), literally "foreign (particularly Western) bamboo shoot"".

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

(classifier cây) măng tây

asparagus

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