viên

See also: vien, viền, Viên, and viện

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [viən˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [viəŋ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [viəŋ˧˧] ~ [jiəŋ˧˧]
Homophone: Viên

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 員.

Suffix

viên

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

Classifier

viên

(history) indicates government workers

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Verb

viên

to round off; to make round; to ball up

Classifier

viên

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

Derived terms

bò viên (“beef meatballs”)

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from 園.

Compound part

viên

(only in compounds) garden, park

Derived terms

Etymology 4

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

Adjective

viên

(only in compounds) round
Synonym: tròn

Derived terms

Tản Viên Sơn Thánh (傘圓山聖, “one of The Four Immortals”)
viên mãn (圓滿, “perfect; faultless”)
viên tịch (圓寂, “(Buddhism, of a monk or nun) to pass away”)

See also

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