mùi vị

Vietnamese

Etymology

mùi (“smell, odour”) +‎ vị (“taste”). Both are borrowings from Chinese 味 (“smell, odour; taste”), the first non-Sino-Vietnamese, and the latter Sino-Vietnamese.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [muj˨˩ vi˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [muj˦˩ vɪj˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [muj˨˩ vɪj˨˩˨] ~ [muj˨˩ jɪj˨˩˨]

Noun

mùi vị

1. taste, scent