biến

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bien"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓiən˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˦˥]
  • Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

Verb

biến

  1. to turn into; to change into
  2. to vanish

Noun

biến

  1. (literary) an emergency
  2. (sciences, chiefly mathematics) clipping of biến số (variable)

Interjection

biến

  1. (fiction) I shall transform with magic
    Synonym: hô biến
  2. (impolite) get lost; beat it
    Synonyms: phắn, cút, xéo

Derived terms