bang bang

adverb

Hanoi [ʔɓaːŋ˧˧ ʔɓaːŋ˧˧]Huế [ʔɓaːŋ˧˧ ʔɓaːŋ˧˧]Saigon [ʔɓaːŋ˧˧ ʔɓaːŋ˧˧] browser voice

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banglevelngang banglevelngang

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Meanings of bang bang in English

Adverb

Southern Vietnam without caring about one's environment or surrounding
- Trưa trời trưa trật làm gì đi bang bang ngoài đường vậy ông nội?It's high noon, what are you doing going around looking like you don't have a care for this world?

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IPA: Hanoi [ʔɓaːŋ˧˧ ʔɓaːŋ˧˧]; Saigon [ʔɓaːŋ˧˧ ʔɓaːŋ˧˧]. Tones: bang — level tone (ngang), bang — level tone (ngang).

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