How do you say “pickle” in Vietnamese?

“Pickle” in Vietnamese is muối (salt), dưa (melon), dưa muối (pickle).

Vietnamese words for “pickle”

• muốiListenverb
  Hanoi [muəj˧˦] · Saigon [muj˦˥]muối rising

  salt; common salt

  for “pickle” meaning: To preserve food (or sometimes other things) in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution.

• dưaListennoun
  Hanoi [zɨə˧˧] · Saigon [jɨə˧˧]dưa level

  melon

  for “pickle” meaning: Any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish.

• dưa muốiListennoun
  Hanoi [zɨə˧˧ muəj˧˦] · Saigon [jɨə˧˧ muj˦˥]dưa level muối rising

  pickle; poor man's; meager

  for “pickle” meaning: A penis.

Related Vietnamese words

• dầmListenverb

  to soak; to get soaked; to steep

• giấmListennoun

  vinegar

Translations matched from English Wiktionary (translation tables and Vietnamese entries, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0) and the NgonNgu English–Vietnamese dictionary, reviewed and edited; examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice.