viên

See also: vien, viền, Viên, and viện

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [viən˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [viəŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [viəŋ˧˧] ~ [jiəŋ˧˧]
  • Homophone: Viên
  • Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Suffix

viên

  1. member
    tổ viêna student member of a class's subdivision

Classifier

viên

  1. (history) indicates government workers
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from . Doublet of nguyên (yuan), yên (yen), and uôn (won).

Adjective

viên

  1. (only in compounds) round
    Synonym: tròn
Derived terms
See also

Verb

viên

  1. to round off; to make round; to ball up
Derived terms

Classifier

viên

  1. Indicates small, solid things, such as bricks (gạch), pills (thuốc), tiles (ngói), bullets (đạn), etc.
    • Phạm Mỹ Thạch (範美石), Thạch Sanh diễn hý trò (石生演戲{⿰口廚}) "Thạch Sanh, a Play", 1919 version
      (Tôi)(cho)(nàng)(một)(viên)𬟥(thuốc)(này)
      I'm giving you this pill.

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Compound part

viên

  1. (only in compounds) garden, park
Derived terms