bật mí

Vietnamese

Etymology

Anagram of bí mật (“secret”), with semantic influence from bật (“to switch on”) and mí (“eyelid”), rendered by nói-lái-ing.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓət̚˧˨ʔ mi˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓək̚˨˩ʔ mɪj˨˩˦]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓək̚˨˩˨ mɪj˦˥]

Verb

to reveal (a secret, an unknown fact, a tip)
bật mí bí mật ― reveal the secret

Anagrams

bí mật

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