mù soa

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from French mouchoir.

Pronunciation

Noun

mù soa

  1. (khăn ~) handkerchief
    • 1936, Vũ Trọng Phụng, chapter 1, in Số đỏ, Hà Nội báo:
      Rút ở túi quần sau một cái mù soa, cởi một nút buộc như một cái tai lợn, Xuân Tóc Đỏ đập đồng hào ván xuống thềm gạch xi măng đánh keng một cái rất oanh liệt.
      After pulling a handkerchief from his back pocket and undoing the knot like a pig ear, Red-Haired Xuân smashed a twenty-cent coin down on the cement pavement, making a glorious sound.