huyết

Sino-Vietnamese word from 血 (“blood”).

For a parallel where a Sino-Vietnamese item acquires cookery denotation, see bì (“skin as food”) (vs. native da (“skin”)). For a reverse case, compare Sino-Vietnamese não vs. native óc.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hwiət̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [hwiək̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [wiək̚˦˥]

huyết

1. blood curd; gelatinous blood

   Bún riêu thì phải có huyết.

   Bún riêu is supposed to have blood curd (in it).

2. (uncommon, chiefly medicine) blood

• máu (“blood”), tiết (“animal blood”)