yên

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See also: yen, Yen, yến, yeñ, and yeŋ

Vietnamese

Vietnamese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia vi

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 安.

Adjective

yên

  1. (literary) tranquil; peaceful
  2. still and not disrupting
    ngồi yên
    to sit still

Derived terms

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 鞍.

Noun

(classifier cái) yên

  1. saddle

Etymology 3

From English yen, from Japanese 円 (en), from Chinese 圓／圆 (yuán, “round”). See also viên.

Noun

yên

  1. (numismatics) yen
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