bàng

See also: bang, báng, bâng, bāng, băng, bằng, bảng, bǎng, and bång

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• bang (nonstandard)
• bàŋ (very rare shorthand)

Romanization

bàng (bang⁴, Zhuyin ㄅㄤˋ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 严.
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 傍.
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 塝.
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 挶.
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 搑.
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 旁.
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 棒.
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 榕.
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 玣.
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 磅.
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 埩.
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 稖.
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 竚.
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 腴.
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 艕.
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蒡.
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蚌.
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蜯.
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 謗, 谤.
20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鎊, 镑.

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˨˩]

Etymology 1

Likely from Austronesian. Compare Malay ketapang.

Noun

(classifier cây) bàng • (榜)

1. the Malabar almond (Terminalia catappa)

Etymology 2

Noun

(classifier cây) bàng

1. grey sedge (Lepironia articulata)
   • 1949, Ngô Huỳnh, "Con kênh xanh xanh (Blue Canal)"

     Tiếng ai giã bàng nhịp nhàng như tiếng lòng tôi.

     The sounds of someone pounding grey sedges are as rhythmic as my heartbeats.

Further reading

• Nguyễn Thuỵ Miên, (2010) "Ca khúc Con kênh xanh xanh và một góc tâm hồn Việt (The Song 'Blue Canal' and a Corner of Viet Soul)" Công An Nhân Dân (People's Public Security Online)