niền
Vietnamese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- niềng (misspelling, more common nowadays)
Etymology
[edit]The n-nominalisation reflex of viền (“to hem; to edge”). Also compare vành.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) rim of a wheel
- niền xe đạp ― bicycle wheel rim
- (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) hoop; band (put around a barrel etc.)
Verb
[edit]- (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) to bind (as with a hoop or band on the outside); to tie
- niền răng ― to apply dental braces
- (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) to put in the stocks