bông

flower · for flowers

A1 · estimate

Typed without accents: bong

Meanings

Highlighted words are what Saigon and Hà Nội say differently.

  1. flower

    noun

    Saigon's everyday word; hoa is said everywhere.

    Said everywhere: hoa.

    A1Saigon onlyto recognize

  2. for flowers

    classifier

    Counts flowers: một bông hồng, a rose; mấy bông cúc, a few chrysanthemums. Saigon also calls the flower itself bông.

    • Anh mua cho em một bông hồng.

      He bought me a rose.

    • Chị cắm mấy bông cúc trên bàn.

      I arranged a few chrysanthemums on the table.

    A2Grammar: Which classifier: cái for things, con for animals, người for people, and the common others

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