Vietnamese phrase

How to say “Black sesame sweet soup” in Vietnamese

Black sesame sweet soup” in Vietnamese is

Chè mè đen

Hear it in both accents

Vietnamese sounds noticeably different north to south. Both are recorded so you can match wherever you are.

Northern

Hanoi and the north

Southern

Saigon and the south

Used in a sentence

Cho tôi một bát chè mè đen nóng.

I'd like a bowl of hot black sesame sweet soup, please.

Northern

Hanoi and the north

Southern

Saigon and the south

Worth knowing

Word by word: chè (sweet soup) + mè (sesame) + đen (black)

North vs south: In Northern Vietnam, sesame is usually called 'vừng' instead of 'mè'.

When you would use it

This line comes from the Sweet Soup Order situation pack in XinChao (Survival) — the moments you actually run into in Việt Nam, not textbook drills.

See the survival packs

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