Mi-chê
Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French Michée. The <ch> represents a postalveolar fricative [ʃ] in modern French, meaning this is partially an orthographic borrowing from French, used probably because <s> is already reserved for the French alveolar fricative [s].
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [mi˧˧ t͡ɕe˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [mɪj˧˧ t͡ɕej˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [mɪj˧˧ cej˧˧]
- Phonetic spelling: mi chê
Proper noun
[edit]Mi-chê
- (biblical, Protestantism) Alternative form of Mi-kha (“Micah”)