cà dầm tương

Vietnamese
cà dầm tương

Etymology

cà (“eggplant”) +‎ dầm (“to pickle”) +‎ tương (“sauce”).

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaː˨˩ zəm˨˩ tɨəŋ˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kaː˦˩ jəm˦˩ tɨəŋ˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kaː˨˩ jəm˨˩ tɨəŋ˧˧]

Noun

cà dầm tương

  1. a traditional Vietnamese dish consisting of pickled Solanum macrocarpon or Solanum melongena var. esculentum drizzled in either soy sauce or chili sauce
    Anh đi, anh nhớ quê nhà.
    Nhớ canh rau muống, nhớ cà dầm tương.
    On my journey, I miss my home.
    Water spinaches' broth, eggplants pickled with sauce.
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