mít ướt

Vietnamese

Etymology

mít (“jackfruit”) +‎ ướt (“wet”), because it's wet as opposed to mít dai (“chewy jackfruit”)/mít ráo (“dry jackfruit”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mit̚˧˦ ʔɨət̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [mit̚˦˧˥ ʔɨək̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [mɨt̚˦˥ ʔɨək̚˦˥]

Noun

mít ướt

(dialectal) Synonym of mít mật (“the soft, mushy, wet variety of jackfruit”)

Adjective

mít ướt

(colloquial) being a crybaby
To đầu mà mít ướt !
You're/They're such a grown-ass crybaby!

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