bòng bong

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 蓬蓬 (“overgrown; unkempt”, SV: bồng bông).

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˨˩ ʔɓawŋ͡m˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˦˩ ʔɓawŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [ʔɓɔŋ˦˩ ʔɓɔŋ˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˨˩ ʔɓawŋ͡m˧˧]

Noun

(classifier quả, trái, cây) bòng bong • (𣠑𤂧)

  1. (botany) a climbing fern of the species Lygodium flexuosum
  2. (botany, by extension) any climbing fern (of the genus Lygodium)

Noun

bòng bong • (𣠑𤂧)

  1. split bamboo fibers; bamboo shavings
  2. (figurative) a mess; jumble
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