cải biên

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 改編, from Japanese 改編 (kaihen, reorganization).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

cải biên

  1. to arrange (as in a piece of music)