bánh tây

Vietnamese

Etymology

bánh (pastry, cake, bread, dumpling, noodle, wafer, or pudding) + tây (Western)

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier chiếc, cái) bánh tây (餅西)

  1. (dated, Northern Vietnam) bread, particularly French bread such as baguettes
  2. (dated, Northern Vietnam, by extension) sandwich
    • 1943, Thạch Lam, “Bà cụ bán xôi [The old lady selling xôi]”, in Hà Nội băm sáu phố phường [The 36 neighborhoods of Hanoi]s:vi:Hà Nội băm sáu phố phường/Bà cụ bán xôi (in vi), Hanoi: Đời Nay Publishing House:
      Rồi hàng xôi, hàng bánh cuốn nóng, hàng bánh tây chả, vân vân, cũng tụ họp nhau để lập thành cho đầy đủ một dãy quà ngon, nhiều hương vị.
      And xôi stands, hot bánh cuốn stands, chả sandwich stands, etc. also came together to form a full complement of tasty delights.

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