bàng hoàng
Pronunciation
Northern
/ɓa̤ːŋ˨˩ hwa̤ːŋ˨˩/
Central
/ɓaːŋ˧˧ hwaːŋ˧˧/
Southern
/ɓaːŋ˨˩ hwaːŋ˨˩/
Listen
stunned
Adjective
stunned
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Meaning
1 senses
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Adjective
stunned Feelings, Appearance & Personality
Emotions
To be bàng hoàng means to be completely stunned, stupefied, or dumbfounded by something.
vi Mọi người đều bàng hoàng trước tin tức bất ngờ đó.
en Everyone was stunned by that unexpected news.
Parts
bàng / hoàng / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 彷徨 …
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Parts
bàng / hoàng / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 彷徨 …
OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 彷徨
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
彷徨
Candidates by syllable
bàng
旁（傍 / 榜 / 嗙 / 徬）
hoàng
黄（皇 / 磺 / 惶 / 鐄）
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.
Similar
bàng quan / bàng / bàng quang / bàng tiếp …
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Similar
bàng quan / bàng / bàng quang / bàng tiếp …
Use
hồng bàng / trảng bàng / lân bàng / đại bàng …
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Use
hồng bàng / trảng bàng / lân bàng / đại bàng …