bánh mì

See also: banh mi

English

Etymology

From Vietnamese bánh mì

Noun

bánh mì (plural bánh mìs)

Alternative spelling of banh mi

Vietnamese

bánh mì (Vietnamese-style bread)

bánh mì (Saigon-style sandwich)

Alternative forms

bánh mỳ

Etymology

bánh (“pastry, cake, bread, dumpling, noodle, wafer, or pudding”) +‎ mì (“wheat”).

A folk etymology claims that bánh mì is a corruption of French pain de mie. An 1898 dictionary defines French miche as bánh tây, an earlier term for bánh mì.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɓajŋ̟˧˦ mi˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ɓɛɲ˦˧˥ mɪj˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɓan˦˥ mɪj˨˩]

Noun

(classifier chiếc, ổ, cái) bánh mì (餅麵)

bread or a similar food made of flour, particularly Vietnamese-style bread

bánh mì ngọt
sweet bread
(by extension) sandwich
(by extension) Saigon-style sandwich

bánh mì kẹp thịt
"sandwich baguette"; banh mi sandwich

Bánh mì Sài Gòn, một ngàn một ổ!
Saigonese banh mi, one thousand dongs a loaf!

Usage notes

The classifier chiếc is used in northern Vietnam, while ổ is used in southern Vietnam.^[2]

Synonyms

(bread): bánh tây (dated)
(sandwich): bánh mì kẹp, bánh kẹp, xăng-đuých, xăng-uých, bánh tây (dated)
(Saigon-style sandwich): bánh mì kẹp, bánh mì kẹp thịt, bánh mì Sài Gòn

Derived terms

Derived terms

bánh mì bắp (northern Vietnam)
bánh mì bơ tỏi (“garlic bread”)
bánh mì cây (“breadstick, baguette”)
bánh mì chuối (“banana bread”)
bánh mì đen (“rye bread”)
bánh mì gừng (“gingerbread”)
bánh mì kẹp (“sandwich”)
bánh mì kẹp thịt
bánh mì lát (“sliced bread”)
bánh mì lúa mạch (“rye bread”)
bánh mì nâu (“brown bread, wheat bread”)
bánh mì ngô (“cornbread”) (southern Vietnam)

bánh mì ngũ cốc (“whole wheat bread”)
bánh mì Pháp (“baguette, French bread”)
bánh mì Sài Gòn
bánh mì que (“breadstick, baguette”)
bánh mì thái lát (“sliced bread”)
bánh mì thịt
bánh mì thịt nguội
bánh mì trắng (“white bread”)
bánh mì vòng (“bagel”)
lát bánh mì (“slice of bread”)
lò bánh mì (“bakery”)
tiệm bánh mì (“bakery”)
vụn bánh mì (“breadcrumb”)

Descendants

English: banh mi

See also

នំបុ័ង (numpang)
ເຂົ້າຈີ່ (khao chī)

References

↑ Pierre Gabriel Vallot (1898) Dictionnaire franco-tonkinois illustré [Illustrated Franco-Tonkinese Dictionary]‎ (in French), Hanoi: Schneider, page 228
↑ http://www.lib.washington.edu/SouthEastAsia/vsg/elist_2009/Banh%20mi.html

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