tráng miệng

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === From tráng (“to rinse”) +‎ miệng (“mouth”), in the sense of "cleansing your palate of savor with juicy fruit or sweet dessert". === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaːŋ˧˦ miəŋ˧˨ʔ] (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈaːŋ˦˧˥ miəŋ˨˩ʔ] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʈaːŋ˦˥ miəŋ˨˩˨] === Verb === tráng miệng to have some fruit or dessert after the main meal ăn nho tráng miệng ― to have some grapes after the main meal món/đồ tráng miệng ― fruit or dessert for after the main meal ==== Usage notes ==== Despite the dedicated Vietnamese Wikipedia article and bilingual dictionaries, tráng miệng is first and foremost about fruit, not dessert, given how dessert was introduced much later from the West. As a matter of fact, fruit is more accessible for its price than dessert, and is even given out free of charge at certain dining establishments.