bần
Pronunciation
Northern
/ɓə̤n˨˩/
Central
/ɓəŋ˧˧/
Southern
/ɓəŋ˨˩/
mangrove apple
2 senses
Noun
mangrove apple
Details
2 senses
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Details
2 senses
Noun
Sense 1
Noun
mangrove apple
Plants
Plants
A type of tree that grows in mangrove forests and produces edible fruit, known scientifically as Sonneratia.
vi Cây bần mọc rất nhiều ở rừng ngập mặn.
en Many mangrove apple trees grow in the mangrove forest.
Adjective
Sense 2
Adjective
impoverished and despicable
Poor or impoverished; usually found in compounds such as bần hàn or bần cùng.
vi Gia đình ấy từng sống trong cảnh bần hàn.
en That family once lived in poverty.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
頻蘋
Candidates by syllable
bần
貧
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.