Vietnamese phrase
How to say “mildly spicy” in Vietnamese
“mildly spicy” in Vietnamese is
ít cay
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 tô bún bò, làm ít cay thôi nhé.
I'll have a bowl of beef noodles, make it mildly spicy please.
Northern
Hanoi and the north
Southern
Saigon and the south
Worth knowing
Word by word: ít (little) + cay (spicy)
When you would use it
This line comes from the Street Food Hacks situation pack in XinChao (Beginner) — the moments you actually run into in Việt Nam, not textbook drills.
See the survival packs