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Vietnamese
Etymology
Cognate with Muong Bi pển (“stream”), Tho pen²⁴ ("river") (Nguyễn Hữu Hoành et al., 2022)
Pronunciation
Noun
bến • (𣷷, 變, 𤅶)
- port; wharf
- Bến Nhà Rồng ― Dragon Wharf, lit. Dragon House Wharf
- (literary) the shore of a body of water
1938, Hàn Mặc Tử, “Đây thôn Vĩ Dạ (Here is the Vĩ Dạ Hamlet)”, in Thơ điên (Mad Poems) / Đau thương (Agony):Thuyền ai đậu bến sông trăng đó,
Có chở trăng về kịp tối nay?- Someone's boat is moored at the moon river's shore there,
Shall it take the moon back timely tonight?
- (by extension) station (place where a vehicle may stop)
- Bến xe Miền Đông ― Mien Dong Coach Station
Usage notes
- On land, large bến, such as Ho Chi Minh City's Mien Dong Coach Station, are stations where coaches and coach-vans used for inter-province travel can also park. Smaller bến are only specialized for numbered buses, carts and autorickshaws used for in-province travel or commute.
- Compare ga (“train station”).
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