viên

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See also: vien, viền, Viên, and viện

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 員.

Suffix

viên

  1. member
    tổ viên ― a student member of a class's subdivision

Classifier

viên

  1. (history) indicates government workers
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Verb

viên

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

Classifier

viên

  1. Indicates small, solid things, such as bricks (gạch), pills (thuốc), tiles (ngói), bullets (đạn), etc.
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from 園.

Compound part

viên

  1. (only in compounds) garden, park
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Etymology 4

Sino-Vietnamese word from 圓. Doublet of nguyên (“yuan”), yên (“yen”), and uôn (“won”).

Adjective

viên

  1. (only in compounds) round
    Synonym: tròn
Derived terms
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