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

Tày

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Vietnamese băng.

Verb

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băng

  1. to run; to cross
    Chắc cạ mé pền khẩy, lan băng mà dương.
    Knowing you got sick, I ran home to visit.
    băng quá kéoto cross the pass
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Etymology 2

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Possibly through an ancient form of Vietnamese măng.

Noun

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băng

  1. pike (classifier tua)
    tua pja băngpike

References

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  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[1][2] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎[3] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Sino-Vietnamese word from . Quite recently displaced native giá, now found chiefly in compounds.

Compare this diễn nghĩa example from Hiếu kinh diễn nghĩa, written in Southern Vietnamese:

4th century BCE (original Chinese), anonymous author, Hiếu Kinh 孝經:
(thi)(vân)(chiến)(chiến)(căng)(căng)(như)(lâm)(thâm)(uyên)(như)()(bạc)(băng)
It is said in the Book of Poetry: Be apprehensive, be cautious, as if on the brink of a deep abyss, as if treading on thin ice.
1893 (diễn nghĩa), diễn nghĩa by Trương Minh Ký, Hiếu kinh diễn nghĩa:
Thi rằng: E lệ lo âu, như sang giá mỏng vực sâu khác gì!
It is said in the Book of Poetry: Be apprehensive, be cautious, as if treading on thin ice and crossing deep abyss.

See also this example from Nam học Hán văn khoá bản, written in Northern Vietnamese.

1920, Nguyễn Can Mộng, “Bài 12”, in Nam học Hán văn khoá bản:
Băng=giá, la glace.
Băng=ice, la glace.

Noun

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băng

  1. (geology, climatology) non-hail ice
    đóng băngto freeze
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from French bande.

Noun

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băng ()

  1. band; strip
  2. tape
    băng đĩaVHS tapes/cassettes and CD's
    đầu bănga VHS player
    băng dínhsticky tape
  3. gang; group
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Etymology 3

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Verb

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băng (𨀰, 𫑌)

  1. to cut across; to move across quickly; to cross; to rush
    băng đèo, vượt núito make a long and difficult journey (literally, “to cross mountain passes and climb over mountains”)