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thực đơn

noun Sino-Vietnamese
Hanoi [tʰɨk̚˧˨ʔ ʔɗəːn˧˧]Huế [tʰɨk̚˨˩ʔ ʔɗəːŋ˧˧]Saigon [tʰɨk̚˨˩˨ ʔɗəːŋ˧˧] browser voice
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thực đơn means menu.

Chinese characters: 食單

Meanings of thực đơn in English

Noun

  1. menu

Example sentences with thực đơn

  • Họ đang xem thực đơn ở trong nhà hàng. They're at the restaurant looking at the menu.

Bilingual example sentences from Tatoeba (tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR).

Usage note: thực đơn

thực đơn means "menu".

  • Cho em xin thực đơn. — Could I have the menu?
  • Có thực đơn tiếng Anh không? — Do you have an English menu?
  • món trong thực đơn — dishes on the menu

In casual speech many people just say menu: Em ơi, cho anh cái menu.

Many street-food places have no menu at all — they sell one dish, and the sign is the menu: Phở bò, Bún chả, Cơm tấm. Just sit down and say how many: Cho hai bát.

Menu words to recognise: món chính — main dish; món khai vị — starter; đồ uống / thức uống — drinks; tráng miệng — dessert; món chay — vegetarian dishes; giá — price.

The thực here means "food" (Sino-Vietnamese), as in thực phẩm (foodstuff).

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 食單.

Frequently asked questions

What does thực đơn mean in English?

thực đơn (noun) means "menu".

How do you pronounce thực đơn?

IPA: Hanoi [tʰɨk̚˧˨ʔ ʔɗəːn˧˧]; Saigon [tʰɨk̚˨˩˨ ʔɗəːŋ˧˧]. Tones: thực — heavy tone (nặng), đơn — level tone (ngang).

Is thực đơn a Sino-Vietnamese word?

Yes. thực đơn is a Sino-Vietnamese word from the Chinese characters 食單.

Meanings, pronunciation and etymology from English Wiktionary (wiktionary.org, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0), reviewed and edited; example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). IPA shown for three accents: Hanoi (Northern), Huế (Central) and Saigon (Southern). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice, for reference only. Spotted a mistake? Let NgonNgu know.