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bằng

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bằngfallinghuyền

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bằng means by (means of); made of; equal to.

Chinese characters: 平

Meanings of bằng in English

Preposition

  1. by; by means of
    • bằng đường bộby land
    • bằng ô tôby car
    • bằng tiếng Việtin Vietnamese
  2. made of
    • bức tường bằng gạcha wall of bricks; a brick wall

Adjective

  1. of a surface flat
  2. of a tone being a ngang or huyền tone
  3. of a rhyme carrying a bằng tone
  4. equal to
    • một cộng một bằng haione plus one equal to two
  5. congruent to
    • góc A và góc B bằng nhauangle A and angle B are congruent
    • góc A bằng góc Bangle A is congruent to angle B

Noun

  1. diploma; certificate; license; degree ≈ bằng cấp

Noun

  1. rare (chim ~) Peng, a giant mythical bird

Verb

  1. with vào to count (on), to depend (on)

Words with bằng

bằng lòngCao Bằngcân bằngcông bằngđồng bằngthăng bằngbằng cấpbằng lái xebằng niềm tinbằng chứngbằng láibằng cớbằng cứbằng hữubằng khenbằng khôngbằng lăngbằng phẳngbằng trắc

Idioms and sayings with bằng

Synonyms and antonyms of bằng

Antonyms

trắc

Example sentences with bằng

  • Bố tôi đi làm bằng ô tô. Father drives to work.
  • Họ có thể đi bằng xe hỏa. They can go by train.
  • Cô ấy tự sưởi ấm bằng lửa. She warmed herself by the fire.
  • Bà ấy tự sưởi ấm bằng lửa. She warmed herself by the fire.
  • Ba tui đi làm bằng xe hơi. Father drives to work.
  • Anh ấy đã vào bằng cửa sổ. He came in through the window.
  • Ba mũ ba bằng hai mươi bảy. Three to the power of three is twenty-seven.
  • Tôi hay đi học bằng xe buýt. I usually go to school by bus.

Bilingual example sentences from Tatoeba (tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR).

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 平 (“level; even”); originally the Northern reading. Its distribution likely already extended beyond Northern Vietnam by the time Vietnamese started to be written down in the Latin script. See also bình, the current chief form used in compounds and the main form in placenames in Southern Vietnam.

Frequently asked questions

What does bằng mean in English?

bằng (preposition) means "by (means of); made of; equal to".

How do you pronounce bằng?

IPA: Hanoi [ʔɓaŋ˨˩]; Saigon [ʔɓaŋ˨˩]. Tones: bằng — falling tone (huyền).

Is bằng a Sino-Vietnamese word?

Yes. bằng is a Sino-Vietnamese word from the Chinese characters 平.

Meanings, pronunciation and etymology from English Wiktionary (wiktionary.org, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0), reviewed and edited; example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). IPA shown for three accents: Hanoi (Northern), Huế (Central) and Saigon (Southern). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice, for reference only. Levels are approximate, estimated from word frequency. Spotted a mistake? Let NgonNgu know.