đậu xị

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 豆豉 (SV: đậu thị).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗəw˧˨ʔ si˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗəw˨˩ʔ sɪj˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗəw˨˩˨ sɪj˨˩˨]

Noun

đậu xị

  1. (cooking and medicine) douchi; fermented soybeans (often black, but sometimes white or brown)