bèn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ben"

Mandarin

Romanization

bèn (ben⁴, Zhuyin ㄅㄣˋ)

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 便 (SV: tiện).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɛn˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɛŋ˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɛŋ˨˩]

Adverb

bèn • (𠂫, 𠂪)

1. (literary) and so one does something; then; thereupon