banh

Inherited from Latin baneum, variant of balneum.

• IPA^(key): [baɲ]

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banh m (plural banhs)

1. bath

• banhar

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓajŋ̟˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɛɲ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓan˧˧]

Borrowed from French balle. Compare bành tô (from French paletot). Related to ban, which is probably borrowed separately from this term.

(classifier quả, trái) banh

1. (Southern Vietnam) ball

   Synonym: bóng

• When specifying a type of ball, bóng and bi are preferrably used over this word; i.e. bóng rổ (“basketball”), bóng đá (“soccer ball”) or bi sắt (“pétanque”).

• ban (“ball made from rubber”)

banh

1. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) broken into smithereens; ruined; tattered

banh

1. to open
2. to expose
3. to reveal, to disclose, to lay bare