biển
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "bien"
Vietnamese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓiən˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˧˨]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˨˩˦]
Audio (Saigon): (file)
Etymology 1
[edit]Perhaps from Proto-Vietic *pes, representing a dialect where coda *s, *r, *l have merged with /n/, and *e diphthongized to /iə/. If so, cognate with, and have superseded bể as the common word for sea.
Compare về, from *veːr, which is represented in some North Central dialects as viền.
Noun
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Sino-Vietnamese word from 匾.
Noun
[edit]biển
- sign; signboard; placard; title tablet
- biển hiệu ― a store/shop sign
- biển báo (giao thông) ― a traffic sign
- biển số (xe) ― a license plate
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]Romanization
[edit]biển
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 騙
Derived terms
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