niền
Vietnamese edit
Alternative forms edit
- niềng (misspelling, more common nowadays)
Etymology edit
The n-nominalisation reflex of viền (“to hem; to edge”). Also compare vành.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) rim of a wheel
- niền xe đạp ― bicycle wheel rim
- (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) hoop; band (put around a barrel etc.)
Verb edit
- (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) to bind (as with a hoop or band on the outside); to tie
- niền răng ― to apply dental braces
- (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) to put in the stocks