tiền

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tien"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tiən˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tiəŋ˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tiəŋ˨˩]
  • Audio (Saigon):(file)

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 錢 (“money”). Doublet of chỉ.

Noun

tiền

  1. (money) money
    tiền túi ― one's own money
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 前.

Prefix

tiền

  1. pre-
    Antonym: hậu
    kỉ Tiền Cambri ― the Precambrian
  2. (history, of a dynasty) early (used to distinguish similarly named dynasties)
    Antonym: hậu
    nhà/triều Tiền Lê ― the Early Lê dynasty

Derived terms

See also

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