Mùi

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See also: mui, MUI, múi, mùi, mũi, and mu'i

Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (SV: vị). Some dictionaries (such as Thiều Chửu's) consider it as Sino-Vietnamese, but the huyền tone is unlikely to be derived from the Middle Chinese departing tone and ui is unlikely to be a Sino-Vietnamese rhyme, compared to the likely tone and rhyme in vị. See also , Mẹo, Thìn, Ngọ.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Mùi

  1. a unisex given name from Chinese
  2. the eighth earthly branch represented by the Goat in Vietnam and by the Sheep in China

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