bòng bong
Vietnamese
editEtymology
editNon-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 蓬蓬 (“overgrown; unkempt”, SV: bồng bông).
Pronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˨˩ ʔɓawŋ͡m˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˦˩ ʔɓawŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [ʔɓɔŋ˦˩ ʔɓɔŋ˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˨˩ ʔɓawŋ͡m˧˧]
Noun
edit(classifier quả, trái, cây) bòng bong • (𣠑𤂧)
- a climbing fern of the species Lygodium flexuosum
- Synonyms: thòng bong, dương vong, thạch vĩ dây
- (by extension) any climbing ferns the genus Lygodium