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

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˨˩]

Etymology 1

Likely from Austronesian. Compare Malay ketapang.

Noun

(classifier cây) bàng • (榜)

1. Malabar almond (Terminalia catappa)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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)