khuyên
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xwiən˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰwiəŋ˧˧] ~ [xwiəŋ˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kʰwiəŋ˧˧] ~ [xwiəŋ˧˧]
Etymology 1 edit
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 勸 (“to advise”, SV: khuyến).
Verb edit
Usage notes edit
Khuyên is only used for actions, as in advise/recommend someone to do something. For objects, as in recommend something, use expressions such as khuyên dùng (literally “recommend to use”) instead. Some others, such as khuyến nghị or khuyến cáo, can be used for both actions and objects.
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
Etymology 2 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 圈 (“circle, ring, loop, pen, sty, fold”)
Noun edit
Etymology 3 edit
From Etymology 2, referring to the white ring of feathers around the birds' eyes.
Noun edit
khuyên
- white-eye, any of the passerine birds of the family Zosteropidae, native to Africa, Asia, and Australasia, typically having a ring of tiny white feathers around their eyes