bàng
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Mandarin
Alternative forms
- bang — nonstandard
- bàŋ — very rare shorthand
Romanization
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 严
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 傍
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 塝
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 挶
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 搑
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 旁
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 棒
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 榕
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 玣
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 磅
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 埩
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 稖
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 竚
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 腴
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 艕
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蒡
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蚌
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蜯
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 謗/谤
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鎊/镑
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Likely from Austronesian. Compare Malay ketapang.
Noun
Etymology 2
Noun
(classifier cây) bàng
- 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)