bánh
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Vietnamese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 餅 (“flour-based food”; SV: bính). Cognate with Muong pẻng.
A folk etymology claims that bánh is a corruption of French pain. [1]
Noun[edit]
(classifier chiếc, tấm, ổ) bánh (餅, 𩛄, 𤖶)
- any sweet, salty, or savory food prepared from flour (especially rice flour) or pressed grains (such as glutinous rice) and cooked by steaming, baking, frying, deep-frying, or boiling; a pastry, cake, bread, dumpling, noodle, wafer, or pudding
- For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:bánh.
- Hôm nay ăn bánh thay cơm.
- Today let's eat dumplings/pastries/bread instead of rice.
- bà hàng bán bánh
- the lady selling dumplings/pastries
- bánh bao
- nhân bánh
- dumpling/pastry filling
- bánh sinh nhật
- birthday cake
- bánh mì Pháp
- French bread (literally, "French wheat cake")
- bánh mì kẹp kem
- ice cream in Vietnamese baguette (literally, "ice cream sandwich")
- bánh phở
- pho noodle(s)
- cake (a block of any of various dense materials)
- For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:bánh.
- bánh xà phòng (bánh xà bông)
- a cake of soap
Usage notes[edit]
- Not all noodles are called bánh: depending on the composition and production method, some noodles are considered bún, mì, miến, etc.
- Bánh is used with various classifiers, depending on the general shape of the item. A loaf of bánh is classified as chiếc in northern Vietnam but ổ in southern Vietnam. [2] Tấm is used for wafers and the like.
- Bánh is usually used as a generic word to refer to certain solid foods shaped round, flat, or puffy (e.g.: Cái loại bánh đó gọi là gì nhỉ? À, pi-da.)
Derived terms[edit]
sweet, salty, or savory food made from flour or pressed grains
- bánh bàng
- bánh bao
- bánh bèo
- bánh bích quy, bánh bích qui
- bánh bò
- bánh bỏng
- bánh bông lan (sponge cake)
- bánh cam
- bánh canh
- bánh chả
- bánh chay
- bánh chè
- bánh chuối
- bánh chưng
- bánh cốm
- bánh cuốn
- bánh da lợn
- bánh dẻo
- bánh dừa
- bánh đa
- bánh đa nem
- bánh đậu
- bánh đậu xanh
- bánh đúc
- bánh gai
- bánh giầy
- bánh gio
- bánh giò
- bánh hỏi
- bánh hơi
- bánh in
- bánh ít
- bánh kem
- bánh kẹo
- bánh kẹp
- bánh kếp (crêpe)
- bánh khảo
- bánh khoai
- bánh khoái
- bánh khúc
- bánh lễ (sacramental bread)
- bánh mảnh cộng
- bánh may mắn (fortune cookie)
- bánh mật
- bánh mì, bánh mỳ (bread, baguette, sandwich)
- bánh mì Pháp, bánh mỳ Pháp (French bread)
- bánh nếp
- bánh ngọt (sweet cake)
- bánh nướng
- bánh phồng
- bánh phồng tôm
- bánh phở (pho rice noodles)
- bánh quế
- bánh quy (cookie)
- bánh quy giòn, bánh qui giòn (cracker)
- bánh rán
- bánh sinh nhật (birthday cake)
- bánh sữa
- bánh sừng bò (croissant)
- bánh tai voi
- bánh tày
- bánh tây
- bánh tẻ
- bánh tét
- Bánh Thánh (Communion wafer)
- bánh tiêu
- bánh tôm
- bánh trái
- bánh tráng
- bánh tro
- bánh trôi
- bánh trôi nước
- bánh trung thu (mooncake)
- bánh ú
- bánh ướt
- bánh vẽ
- bánh xèo
- bánh xốp
- da bánh mật
- lò nướng bánh
block of any of various dense materials
- bánh pháo (individual firecracker)
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
(classifier chiếc) bánh (𨋣, 軿)
- wheel
- For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:bánh.
- xe bốn bánh
- four-wheeled vehicle
Synonyms[edit]
- (wheel): (cái) quay
Derived terms[edit]
wheel
Etymology 3[edit]
Romanization[edit]
bánh
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 鍠
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 碰
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 庳
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 䗒
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 榵
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 蟔
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 蓻
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 掽
References[edit]
- "bánh" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)
- Hà Quang Phùng (2012-09-06), “Tìm hiểu về ngữ pháp tiếng Mường (Thim hiếu wuê ngử pháp thiểng Mường) [Understanding Muong grammar]”, in (Please provide the title of the work)[3] (FlashPaper, in Vietnamese, Muong), Thanh Sơn–Phú Thọ Province Continuing Education Center
