bánh

Etymology 1
. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

A folk etymology claims that is a corruption of 🇨🇬. However, this is clearly false as the word is attested in early Vietnamese texts such as Cư trần lạc đạo phú (居塵樂道賦, 13th century) and Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經, 12th century), which were published long before French contact with Vietnam.

Noun

 * 1) a broad, vaguely defined term, mostly used by collocation or intuition, for foods that come in a specific shape or solid (a flat piece, a block, a ball, a loaf, etc.) and that are often made from grain or legume flour or plain rice, by size often larger than and contrasted with what is known as
 * 2)  certain types of noodles in their raw forms
 * 3) a  a block of any of various dense materials
 * 1)  certain types of noodles in their raw forms
 * 2) a  a block of any of various dense materials
 * 1)  certain types of noodles in their raw forms
 * 2) a  a block of any of various dense materials
 * 1)  certain types of noodles in their raw forms
 * 2) a  a block of any of various dense materials
 * 1)  certain types of noodles in their raw forms
 * 2) a  a block of any of various dense materials
 * 1) a  a block of any of various dense materials
 * 1) a  a block of any of various dense materials

Usage notes

 * Not all noodles are called bánh: depending on the composition and production method, some noodles are considered, , , etc.
 * Not all cakes are called bánh: those made of meat are considered, e.g. , , and.
 * Bánh is used with various classifiers, depending on the general shape of the item. A loaf of bánh is classified as in northern Vietnam but  in southern Vietnam.   is used for wafers and the like.
 * Bánh is usually used as a generic word to refer to certain solid foods shaped round, flat, or puffy (e.g.: Cái loại bánh đó gọi là gì nhỉ? À, pi-da.)

Derived terms




Etymology 2
Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) a wheel