mùi

See also: mui, MUI, múi, Mùi, mũi, and mu'i

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 味 (“smell”, SV: vị). Doublet of vị (“taste”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [muj˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [muj˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [muj˨˩]
Homophone: Mùi
Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City) (file)

Noun

mùi • (味, 苿)

smell; odor; scent
(rau~) coriander

Derived terms

mùi tây (“parsley”)
mùi vị (“taste, scent”)

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