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

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 員.

Suffix

viên

1. member

   tổ viên

   a student member of a class's subdivision

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 園.

Noun

viên

1. garden, park

Etymology 3

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 丸 (SV: hoàn).

Classifier

viên

1. classifier for small solid things, round or not, that can be held with one hand, such as pills, bullets, bricks, tiles, etc.

Verb

viên

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