mít ướt

Vietnamese

Etymology

mít (“jackfruit”) +‎ ướt (“wet”), because it's wet as opposed to mít dai (“chewy jackfruit”)/mít ráo (“dry jackfruit”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [mit̚˧˦ ʔɨət̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [mit̚˦˧˥ ʔɨək̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [mɨt̚˦˥ ʔɨək̚˦˥]

Noun

mít ướt

  1. (dialectal) synonym of mít mật (“the soft, mushy, wet variety of jackfruit”)

Adjective

mít ướt

  1. (colloquial) being a crybaby
    To đầu mà mít ướt !
    You're/They're such a grown-ass crybaby!
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