chè bách niên hảo hợp

Vietnamese

Etymology

chè (“sweet dessert soup”) + Sino-Vietnamese word from 百年好合 (“be joined in love for a hundred years”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɛ˨˩ ʔɓajk̟̚˧˦ niən˧˧ haːw˧˩ həːp̚˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɛ˦˩ ʔɓat̚˦˧˥ niəŋ˧˧ haːw˧˨ həːp̚˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [cɛ˨˩ ʔɓat̚˦˥ niəŋ˧˧ haːw˨˩˦ həːp̚˨˩˨]

Noun

chè bách niên hảo hợp

1. a type of red bean dessert soup with lotus seeds