biên tập

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 編輯, from Chinese 編輯 / 编辑 (biānjí).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓiən˧˧ təp̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˧˧ təp̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˧˧ təp̚˨˩˨]
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Verb

biên tập

  1. (writing, publishing, journalism, advertising, film, television) to edit
    Biên tập
    Vũ Văn A
    Editor
    Vũ Văn A

Usage notes

  • This term is used only in the contexts listed above. For meanings such as "to correct errors" or "to append more information" in other contexts, use (chỉnh) sửa (to fix) or sửa đổi (to revise, used on the Vietnamese versions of Wiktionary and Wikipedia in place of "edit").

See also