phiên

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [fiən˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [fiəŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [fiəŋ˧˧]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 番.

Noun

phiên • (畨)

1. turn; time; session

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 翻.

Verb

phiên

1. (colloquial) Short for phiên âm (“to transcribe”).