See bèn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"(obsolete, chiefly in translations of Chinese texts) Used as an equivalent to 乃, 爰, 遂, or 即/卽.",
"therefore"
],
"raw_tags": [
"in translations of Chinese texts"
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Literary Chinese terms with quotations",
"Vietnamese terms with obsolete senses",
"Vietnamese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
0,
3
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
1
]
],
"english": "[He] immediately said in a fierce voice.",
"raw_tags": [
"Sino-Vietnamese",
"Vietnamese Literary Sinitic"
],
"ref": " 《新編傳奇漫錄》",
"roman": "Tức lệ thanh viết.",
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"text": "即厲聲曰",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"text": "Tân biên Truyền kỳ mạn lục tăng bổ giải âm tập chú (新編傳奇漫錄增補解音集註 \"Newly Edited Collection of Truyền kỳ mạn lục with Supplemented Annotations, Phonetic Explanations, and Collected Notes\"), volume 1; 42b-43a\n卞哿㗂浪\nBèn cả tiếng rằng.\n[He] immediately said with his whole voice.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used as an equivalent to 乃, 爰, 遂, or 即/卽.",
"forthwith, immediately"
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete, chiefly in translations of Chinese texts) Used as an equivalent to 乃, 爰, 遂, or 即/卽.",
"forthwith, immediately"
],
"raw_tags": [
"in translations of Chinese texts"
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ʔɓɛn˨˩]",
"tags": [
"Hà-Nội"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʔɓɛŋ˦˩]",
"tags": [
"Huế"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʔɓɛŋ˨˩]",
"note": "Saigon"
}
],
"word": "bèn"
}
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