Vietnamese Etymology This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 美 (“beauty”, SV: mỹ)?” Related to mã. Pronunciation (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [mɛ˦ˀ˥] (Huế) IPA(key): [mɛ˧˨] (Saigon) IPA(key): [mɛ˨˩˦] Noun mẽ • (美, 瑪) (colloquial) outward show; appearance; air Derived terms bóc mẽkhoe mẽWikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.