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The Vietnamese word for cake is
bánh





cake



Translations for cake and their definitions

bánh
     1. n. a broad, vaguely defined term, mostly used by collocation or intuition, for foods that come in a specific shape or solid (a flat piece, a block, a ball, a loaf, etc.) and that are often made from grai
           bánh kẹo - bánh and candy
           Hôm nay ăn bánh thay cơm. - Today let's eat dumplings/pastries/bread instead of rice.
           bà hàng bán bánh - the lady selling dumplings/pastries
           bánh bao - baozi
           nhân bánh - dumpling/pastry filling
           bánh sinh nhật - birthday cake
           bánh mì Pháp - French bread (literally, "French wheat cake")
           bánh mì kẹp kem - ice cream in Vietnamese baguette (literally, "ice cream sandwich")
     2. n. (cooking) certain types of noodles in their raw forms
           bánh phở - pho noodle(s)
     3. n. a cake (a block of any of various dense materials)
           bánh xà phòng (bánh xà bông) - a cake of soap
     4. n. a wheel
           xe bốn bánh - four-wheeled vehicle



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