biên

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bien"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓiən˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˧˧]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 邊. Doublet of bên (“side; edge; face”) and ven (“shore; bank; side”).

Noun

biên

  1. (rare, only in fixed expressions) clipping of biên giới (“frontier”)
    vượt biên trái phép
    to illegally cross the border
  2. (sports) a boundary
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 編 (“to weave, to plait; to arrange; to edit, to compile”).

Verb

biên

  1. to jot down
  2. to write
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