khuyên

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xwiən˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰwiəŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kʰwiəŋ˧˧]

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 勸 (“to advise”, SV: khuyến).

Verb

khuyên • (𡅳)

1. to advise or recommend

Usage notes

Khuyên is only used for actions, as in advise/recommend someone to do something. For objects, as in recommend something, use expressions such as khuyên dùng (literally “recommend to use”) instead. Some others, such as khuyến nghị or khuyến cáo, can be used for both actions and objects.

Derived terms

• khuyên bảo
• khuyên can
• khuyên dỗ
• khuyên giải
• khuyên giáo
• khuyên lơn
• khuyên nhủ
• khuyên răn

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 圈 (“circle, ring, loop, pen, sty, fold”)

Noun

(classifier cái, chiếc) khuyên

1. (jewelry) ring, now chiefly earring

Etymology 3

From Etymology 2, referring to the white ring of feathers around the birds' eyes.

Noun

khuyên

1. white-eye, any of the passerine birds of the family Zosteropidae, native to Africa, Asia, and Australasia, typically having a ring of tiny white feathers around their eyes