bắn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ban"

Tày

Pronunciation

Particle

bắn

  1. synonym of xằng

References

  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[1][2] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *pəɲʔ, from Proto-Austroasiatic *paɲʔ (to shoot). Cognate with Muong pảnh, Khmer បាញ់ (bañ) and Pacoh pánh. Compare Proto-Austronesian *panaq (to shoot) (whence Malay panah) and maybe Vietnamese (crossbow).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓan˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaŋ˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓaŋ˦˥]

Verb

bắn • (𪧻, 𡭉, , 𪪻, 𬑰)

  1. to fire; to shoot
  2. (colloquial) to send something (usually cash) via telephone, email, online bank account etc.
  3. (colloquial) to speak (a language) fluently without much hassle
    Anh ấy bắn tiếng Anh như gió.
    He speaks English without much hassle. [lit. He shoots English as smooth as the wind]
  4. (colloquial) to puff (after smoking thuốc lào)

Derived terms