viên

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See also: vien, viền, Viên, and viện

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Suffix

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viên

  1. member
    tổ viêna student member of a class's subdivision

Classifier

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viên

  1. (history) indicates government workers
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Etymology 2

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

Verb

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viên

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

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viên

  1. Indicates small, solid things, such as bricks (gạch), pills (thuốc), tiles (ngói), bullets (đạn), etc.
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Etymology 3

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Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Compound part

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viên

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

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

Adjective

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viên

  1. (only in compounds) round
    Synonym: tròn
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