nên

From Dutch neen, from Middle Dutch neen, from Old Dutch *nēn.

• IPA^(key): /neɪn/

nên

1. no

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “The Common-Viet-Muong form can be reconstructed as *ɗeːɲ.”) Cognate with Muong Bi điênh.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [nen˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [nen˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [nəːn˧˧]

nên • (年, 𢧚, 𫻽, 𱚑)

1. to develop into; to change into
2. should; ought to (the speaker intends for the subject to execute the sentence predicate)

nên • (年, 𢧚, 𫻽, 𱚑)

1. therefore; so