cải biên

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 改編, from Japanese 改編 (kaihen, “reorganization”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

cải biên

to arrange (as in a piece of music)

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