mật

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mət̚˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [mək̚˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [mək̚˨˩˨]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 蜜 (“honey”). Doublet of mứt.

mật

1. honey (of bees)

   Synonym: mật ong

2. concentrated sugarcane juice; molasses

From Proto-Austroasiatic *kmatʔ ~ *kmɨtʔ (“gall, bile”). Cognate with Chut [Rục] mɨt⁸, Semai kemat (“gall bladder”), Bahnar kơmăt/kơmơ̆t (“gall bladder”), Pacoh mít and Khmer ប្រមាត់ (prɑmŏət).

mật • (𦟽, 𦢉)

1. (biochemistry) bile
2. (medicine) short for túi mật (“gall bladder”)

Sino-Vietnamese word from 密 (“secret”).

mật

1. (chiefly in compounds) secret; confidential

   tin mật ― a confidential information