bến
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ben"
Vietnamese
Etymology
Cognate with Muong Bi pển (“stream”), Tho [Cuối Thái Hoà] pen²⁴ ("river") (Nguyễn Hữu Hoành et al., 2022)
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓen˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓen˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓəːn˦˥]
Noun
- a port or a wharf
- Bến Nhà Rồng ― Dragon Wharf, lit. Dragon House Wharf
- (literary) the shore of a body of water
- 1938, Hàn Mặc Tử, “Đây thôn Vĩ Dạ (Here is the Vĩ Dạ Hamlet)”, in Thơ điên (Mad Poems) / Đau thương (Agony):
- Thuyền ai đậu bến sông trăng đó,
Có chở trăng về kịp tối nay?- Someone's boat is moored at the moon[lit] river's shore there,
Shall it take the moon[light] back timely tonight?
- Someone's boat is moored at the moon[lit] river's shore there,
- a station (place where a vehicle may stop)
- Bến xe Miền Đông ― Mien Dong Coach Station
Usage notes
- On land, large bến, such as Ho Chi Minh City's Mien Dong Coach Station, are stations where coaches and coach-vans used for inter-province travel can also park. Smaller bến are only specialized for numbered buses, carts and autorickshaws used for in-province travel or commute.
- Compare ga (“train station”).
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