bưng
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Vietnamese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
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Verb
[edit]- 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
[edit]Borrowed from Khmer បឹង (bəng, “lake”).
Noun
[edit]- (Southern Vietnam) a kind of marshland