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˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kaːj˨˩˦ ʔɓiəŋ˧˧]

Verb

cải biên

1. to arrange (as in a piece of music)