bưng

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See also: bung, búng, and bụng

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (carry, SV: bổng) (Wang Li).

Verb

bưng (𢬄)

  1. to carry a recipient in both hands
    • 1957, Đoàn Giỏi, Đất rừng phương Nam, Kim Đồng publishing house, chapter 4
      - 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)

  1. (Southern Vietnam) a kind of marshland