See also: vien, viền, viên, and Viên

Vietnamese edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from (court).

Noun edit

viện

  1. institute
  2. court chamber
  3. (colloquial) Clipping of bệnh viện (hospital).
    Ngày tôi chăm mẹ chồng trong viện thì anh đang hớn hở đưa bồ đi viện đẻ.
    The day I looked after my mother-in-law in hospital was also the day my overjoyed husband took his mistress to hospital to give birth.
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Verb edit

viện

  1. to advance or give reasons for; to invoke; to call upon; to adduce; to allege
Derived terms edit