biến cải

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 變改. Literary "syllable metathesis" derivative of cải biến.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓiən˧˦ kaːj˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˦˧˥ kaːj˧˨]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˦˥ kaːj˨˩˦]

Verb

biến cải

(uncommon, literary) to transform; to change

Anagrams

cải biến

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