bên

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ben"

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 邊 (“side, edge”, SV: biên).

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓen˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓen˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓəːn˧˧]

Noun edit

bên

Preposition edit

bên

by; beside
bên con nước ― beside the stream

See also edit

Derived terms

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