cơm chiên

Vietnamese

Etymology

cơm (“rice”) +‎ chiên (“to fry”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kəːm˧˧ t͡ɕiən˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kəːm˧˧ t͡ɕiəŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kəːm˧˧ ciəŋ˧˧]

Noun

cơm chiên

1. fried rice

   Hyponym: cơm rang

   cơm chiên Dương Châu ― Yangzhou fried rice

Usage notes

Despite chiên being a southern word, it's always cơm chiên, never *cơm rán.

See also

Derived terms

• cơm chiên cá mặn