măng tây

Vietnamese

Etymology

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

1. asparagus