Vietnamese

Noun

(classifier chiếc, tấm, ổ) bánh ‎(餅, 𩛄, 𤖶)

1. any sweet, salty, or savory food prepared from flour (especially rice flour) or pressed grains (such as glutinous rice) and cooked by steaming, baking, frying, deep-frying, or boiling; a pastry, cake, bread, dumpling, noodle, wafer, or pudding
   • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:bánh.

   Hôm nay ăn bánh thay cơm.

   Today let's eat dumplings/pastries/bread instead of rice.

   bà hàng bán bánh

   the lady selling dumplings/pastries

   bánh bao

   baozi

   nhân bánh

   dumpling/pastry filling

   bánh sinh nhật

   birthday cake

   bánh mì Pháp

   French bread (literally, "French wheat cake")

   bánh mì kẹp kem

   ice cream in Vietnamese baguette (literally, "ice cream sandwich")

   bánh phở

   pho noodle(s)

2. cake (a block of any of various dense materials)
   • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:bánh.

   bánh xà phòng (bánh xà bông)

   a cake of soap

Usage notes

• Not all noodles are called bánh: depending on the composition and production method, some noodles are considered bún, mì, miến, etc.
• Bánh is used with various classifiers, depending on the general shape of the item. A loaf of bánh is classified as chiếc in northern Vietnam but ổ in southern Vietnam. Tấm is used for wafers and the like.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Cognate with Muong bẻnh

Noun

(classifier chiếc) bánh ‎(𨋣, 軿)

1. wheel
   • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:bánh.

   xe bốn bánh

   four-wheeled vehicle

Synonyms

• (wheel): (cái) quay

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Romanization

bánh

1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 鍠
2. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 碰
3. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 庳
4. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 䗒
5. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 榵
6. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 蟔
7. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 蓻
8. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 掽

References

• "bánh" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)
• Hà Quang Phùng (2012-09-06), “Tìm hiểu về ngữ pháp tiếng Mường (Thim hiếu wuê ngử pháp thiểng Mường)”, in (Please provide the title of the work) (FlashPaper, in Vietnamese, Muong), Thanh Sơn–Phú Thọ Province Continuing Education Center