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”). Compare bột mì.

A folk etymology claims that bánh mì is a corruption of French pain de mie. An 1898 dictionary defines French miche as bánh tây, a now-dated term for Western-style bread.[1]

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓajŋ̟˧˦ mi˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɛɲ˦˧˥ mɪj˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓan˦˥ mɪj˨˩]
Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City) (file)

Noun

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

bread, especially Saigon-style short baguettes with filling
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:bánh mì.
bánh mì ngọt
sweet bread
bánh mì Pháp
baguettes
bánh mì (kẹp thịt)
"sandwich baguette"; baguette with filling
Bánh mì Sài Gòn, một ngàn một ổ!
Saigonese banh mi, one thousand dong a loaf!
bò kho bánh mì
beef stew with bread
Ăn bánh mì thịt hoài chán quá. Bữa nay ăn bánh mì ngọt.
I'm tired of pork-filled baguettes. Imma have sweet bread today for a change.

Usage notes

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

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

References

Huỳnh Tịnh Của (1895), “餅 Bánh”, in Đại Nam Quấc âm tự vị‎ (in Vietnamese), volume 1

Pierre Gabriel Vallot (1898) Dictionnaire franco-tonkinois illustré [Illustrated Franco-Tonkinese Dictionary]‎ (in French), Hanoi: Schneider, page 228
“Archived copy”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎, accessed 19 April 2014, archived from the original on 2015-10-28

[1] Pierre Gabriel Vallot (1898) Dictionnaire franco-tonkinois illustré [Illustrated Franco-Tonkinese Dictionary]‎ (in French), Hanoi: Schneider, page 228

[2] “Archived copy”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎, accessed 19 April 2014, archived from the original on 2015-10-28