biên

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bien"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓiən˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˧˧]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 邊. Doublet of bên (“side; edge; face”) and ven (“shore; bank; side”).

Noun

biên

(rare, only in fixed expressions) Clipping of biên giới (“frontier”).
vượt biên trái phép
to illegally cross the border
(sports) a boundary

Derived terms

Derived terms

vượt biên

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 編 (“to weave, to plait; to arrange; to edit, to compile”).

Verb

biên

to jot down
to write

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