băng

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

Tày

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Vietnamese băng.

Verb

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 kéo ― to cross the pass
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Possibly through an ancient form of Vietnamese măng.

Noun

băng

  1. pike (classifier tua)
    tua pja băng ― pike

References

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

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 冰. 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:
詩(thi)云(vân)戰(chiến)戰(chiến)兢(căng)兢(căng)如(như)臨(lâm)深(thâm)淵(uyên)如(như)履(lí)薄(bạc)冰(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:
冰 Băng=giá, la glace.
冰 Băng=ice, la glace.

Noun

băng

  1. (geology, climatology) non-hail ice
    đóng băng ― to freeze
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French bande.

Noun

băng • (繃)

  1. band; strip
  2. tape
    băng đĩa ― VHS tapes/cassettes and CD's
    đầu băng ― a VHS player
    băng dính ― sticky tape
  3. gang; group
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Verb

băng • (𨀰, 𫑌)

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