chả cá Lã Vọng

Vietnamese

Etymology

chả ("grilled and chopped meat or seafood") + ("fish") + Chinese 呂望吕望 (literally Lu's Hope), a nickname of Jiang Ziya. The "Lã Vọng" part is added solely for promotional purposes.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaː˧˩ kaː˧˦ laː˦ˀ˥ vawŋ͡m˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaː˧˨ kaː˨˩˦ laː˧˨ vawŋ͡m˨˩ʔ] ~ [t͡ɕaː˧˨ kaː˨˩˦ laː˧˨ vɔŋ˨˩ʔ]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [caː˨˩˦ kaː˦˥ laː˨˩˦ vawŋ͡m˨˩˨] ~ [caː˨˩˦ kaː˦˥ laː˨˩˦ jawŋ͡m˨˩˨]

Noun

chả cá Lã Vọng

  1. a dish of fish popular in Hanoi

See also

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