A Vietnamese word (often used in English when discussing Vietnamese culture) meaning a small basket or container.
From Vietnamese 'bình,' a container word. Used in English primarily in anthropological or cultural contexts discussing Vietnamese material culture.
When English borrows words from other languages, it often keeps them exactly as they are, creating windows into how other cultures organize everyday objects—'binh' shows how containerware matters enough in Vietnamese to have specific names.
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