biến cải

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 變改. Literary "syllable metathesis" derivative of cải biến.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓiən˧˦ kaːj˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˦˧˥ kaːj˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˦˥ kaːj˨˩˦]

Verb

biến cải

  1. (uncommon, literary) to transform; to change

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