xí quách

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 豬骨 / 猪骨 (zyu¹ gwat¹, “pork bone”) (SV: trư cốt).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [si˧˦ kwajk̟̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [sɪj˨˩˦ kwat̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [sɪj˦˥ wat̚˦˥]

Noun

xí quách

1. (Southern Vietnam) a kind of soup with bones, not necessarily pork