bang

/bæɳ/

Thân thiện

Một bang nhỏ có cảnh đồi núi và bãi biển đẹp.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • State: A political and administrative division within a federal country, such as the United States of America or India.
   • Historical Congregation: A community or association of overseas Chinese people in Vietnam, historically organized by their province of origin in China (e.g., Fujian, Guangdong).

Usage Examples

• Noun (State):
  • California là một bang đông dân của Hoa Kỳ. (California is a populous state of the United States.)
  • Hoa Kỳ có 50 bang. (The USA has 50 states.)
• Noun (Historical Congregation):
  • Ông nội tôi từng là trưởng bang Phúc Kiến ở Sài Gòn. (My grandfather was the head of the Fujian congregation in Saigon.)
  • Cộng đồng người Hoa ở Chợ Lớn trước đây được tổ chức theo bang. (The Chinese community in Cholon was formerly organized by congregations.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is primarily used in modern contexts to refer to federal states. The usage referring to Chinese congregations is historical and specific to the context of the Chinese diaspora in Vietnam during the colonial and pre-modern periods.

Variants and Related Words

• Bang trưởng (n): The leader or head of a Chinese congregation.
• Bang giao (n, formal): Diplomatic relations between states or nations. (Note: This is a separate compound word where "bang" means "state/nation").

Synonyms

• State: (for the political division) province, commonwealth (in some contexts like Virginia).
• Congregation: (for the historical meaning) association, community, guild.

Notes on Usage

• When referring to the political division, "bang" is a neutral, standard term.
• When referring to the historical Chinese congregations, the term is specific to Vietnamese history and is not commonly used in contemporary daily language unless discussing that historical context.

Học thuật

noun

1. State
   • bang Oklahoma
     the state of Oklahoma
   • Hoa Kỳ có bao nhiêu bang?
     how many states are there in the United States of America?
2. Chinese nationals' community, Chinese colony
   • bang Phúc Kiến
     the community of Chinese nationals from Fukien, the Fukien Chinese colony