goigoi

cải biên

Pronunciation Northern /ka̰ːj˧˩˧ ɓiən˧˧/ Central /kaːj˧˩˨ ɓiəŋ˧˥/ Southern /kaːj˨˩˦ ɓiəŋ˧˧/
Listen
rearrange
Verb
rearrange

Learn more

After looking up a meaning, choose a textbook or practice activity to keep learning Vietnamese.

  • Learn letters and pronunciation from the beginning

    Open the 10days course

    A ten-day introductory course. Open the cover to start learning or continue where you left off.

  • Learn conversation through a story

    Read about “Tết, the Third Time”

    A textbook that teaches conversation through a family story. It is being prepared; see its content and release status.

  • Practise words and sounds in short activities

    Choose from the practice list

    Choose an activity for vocabulary, tones, listening and other skills.

1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
1 senses
▸
Sense 1 Verb
arrange Culture, Arts & Proper NamesTheme

To adapt, modify, or arrange a work for a new form, situation, or purpose.

vi Nhạc sĩ đã cải biên bản nhạc này cho đàn piano.

en The musician arranged this piece of music for the piano.

Parts
cải / biên / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 改編 …
▸

OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 改編

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
改編
Candidates by syllable
cải 改 biên 邊(編)
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
cải biến / arrange
▸
Use
cải lương / cải thiện / cải tiến / cải chính …
▸
Sources, license, and AI

This page may include definitions, examples, translations, or exercise prompts edited, translated, or summarized by goigoi from Wiktionary contributors.

Applicable text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made.

Chinese-character and chữ Nôm forms are reference displays. Some are source-aligned for the whole word; others are assembled from per-syllable character mappings and are not necessarily the only or official spelling.

Some meanings, translations, or examples may be AI-assisted. Mistakes or awkward phrasing may remain.