xiên

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [siən˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [siəŋ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [siəŋ˧˧]

Noun

(classifier cái) xiên (扦)

fork
skewer
cái xiên thịt
a meat skewer

cầm xiên xiên cá
to skewer a fish with a skewer

Synonyms

(fork): dĩa, nĩa

Adjective

xiên (吀, 偏, 串, 羶, 川, 𠉟) (fully reduplicated form xiên xiên)

slanted, oblique
chữ in xiên
oblique characters

đường xiên
slanted road; slanted line

Nắng chiếu xiên vào nhà.
Sunlight enters the house at an angle.
(figuratively) crooked, dishonest
kẻ xiên
a crook

Synonyms

(slanted): nghiêng, chéo, xiên xẹo
(crooked): xiên xẹo

Derived terms

xiên xẹo (reduplication)
xỏ xiên

Verb

xiên (扦)

(transitive) to skewer, to impale
xiên thịt nướng chả
to skewer meat and grill kabobs

References

"xiên" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)
Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)

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