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Pronunciation
Verb
bưng
- to see; to look
References
- Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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Verb
bưng • (𢬄)
- to carry a recipient in both hands
1957, Đoàn Giỏi, chapter 4, in Đất rừng phương Nam, Kim Đồng:- Bưng cháo ra đây, chú em? - tiếng con gián điệp gọi lên lanh lảnh, khiến tôi nổi gai ốc khắp người.- "Bring us the congee, will you?" the spy's voice called loudly, giving me goosebumps all over.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Khmer បឹង (bəng, “lake”).
Noun
bưng • (𣵮)
- (Southern Vietnam) a kind of marshland
Derived terms