bằng
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 平 (“level; even”, SV: bình), from Proto-Vietic *baŋ (“flat; even”)
Adjective
- (of a surface) flat
- (linguistics, poetry, of a tone) being a ngang or huyền tone
- Antonym: trắc
- (poetry, of a rhyme) carrying a bằng tone
Preposition
bằng
- (mathematics) equal to; equals
- một cộng một bằng hai
- one plus one equal to two
- một cộng một bằng hai
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 憑 (“rely on; on the basis of; by the means of; certificate; diploma”).
Noun
bằng
Synonyms
Derived terms
- bằng cấp (“diploma”)
- bằng lái xe (“driver’s license”)
See also
Preposition
bằng
- by; by means of
- bằng đường bộ ― by land
- bằng ô tô ― by car
- bằng tiếng Việt ― in Vietnamese
- made of
- bức tường bằng gạch
- a wall of bricks; a brick wall
- bức tường bằng gạch
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