bòng bong

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 蓬蓬 (“overgrown; unkempt”, SV: bồng bông).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˨˩ ʔɓawŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˦˩ ʔɓawŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [ʔɓɔŋ˦˩ ʔɓɔŋ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˨˩ ʔɓawŋ͡m˧˧]

Noun

(classifier quả, trái, cây) bòng bong • (𣠑𤂧)

1. (botany) a climbing fern of the species Lygodium flexuosum
2. (botany, by extension) any climbing fern (of the genus Lygodium)

Noun

bòng bong • (𣠑𤂧)

1. split bamboo fibers; bamboo shavings
2. (figurative) a mess; jumble