biên

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bien"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from . Doublet of bên (side; edge; face) and ven (shore; bank; side).

Noun

biên

  1. (rare, only in fixed expressions) Clipping of biên giới (frontier).
    vượt biên trái phép
    to illegally cross the border
  2. (sports) a boundary
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from (to weave, to plait; to arrange; to edit, to compile).

Verb

biên

  1. to jot down
  2. to write
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