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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Cantonese 白小 (baak6 siu2), short for Cantonese 白底小啡 (baak6 dai2 siu2 fe1, “white coffee”) (SV: bạc tẩy xỉu phé), literally "白 (“white”) + 底 (“under”) + 小 (“(with a) little bit of”) + 啡 (“coffee”)".
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːk̚˧˨ʔ siw˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːk̚˨˩ʔ siw˧˨]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːk̚˨˩˨ siw˨˩˦]
Noun
[edit]- A Vietnamese type of coffee with a condensed milk base, created by the overseas Chinese during the French colonial era.