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quyển

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quyển means synonym of cuốn.

Chinese characters: 卷

Meanings of quyển in English

Classifier

  1. synonym of cuốn ≈ cuốn

Example sentences with quyển

  • Quyển sách của bạn ở chỗ này. Your book is here.
  • Đây là một quyển sách rất hay. This is a very good book.
  • Sami đã đọc hết quyển sách đó. Sami read the entire book.
  • Mennad đã mở quyển sách đó ra. Mennad opened the book.
  • Họ tăng tôi một quyển sách cũ. They're giving me an old book.
  • Quyển sách này khá là khó đọc. This book is quite difficult to read.
  • Quyển sách này đọc thật thú vị. This book makes pleasant reading.
  • Anh ấy đang đọc một quyển sách. He is reading a book.

Bilingual example sentences from Tatoeba (tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR).

Usage note: quyển

Counting books, notebooks or dictionaries? Use quyển or cuốn. Both are correct; quyển is more common in the North, cuốn in the South, and both are understood everywhere.

  • hai quyển sách — two books
  • Quyển này bao nhiêu tiền? — How much is this one (book)?
  • một quyển vở — an exercise book
  • quyển từ điển tiếng Việt — the Vietnamese dictionary

It is also used for volumes: quyển một, quyển hai — volume one, volume two.

✗ hai cái sách is understandable but sounds clumsy → ✓ hai quyển sách.

For a single sheet, a newspaper or a form, the classifier is tờ, not quyển; a magazine can take either quyển/cuốn or tờ.

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 卷.

Frequently asked questions

What does quyển mean in English?

quyển (classifier) means "synonym of cuốn".

How do you pronounce quyển?

IPA: Hanoi [kwiən˧˩]; Saigon [wiəŋ˨˩˦]. Tones: quyển — dipping tone (hỏi).

Is quyển a Sino-Vietnamese word?

Yes. quyển is a Sino-Vietnamese word from the Chinese characters 卷.

Meanings, pronunciation and etymology from English Wiktionary (wiktionary.org, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0), reviewed and edited; example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). IPA shown for three accents: Hanoi (Northern), Huế (Central) and Saigon (Southern). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice, for reference only. Levels are approximate, estimated from word frequency. Spotted a mistake? Let NgonNgu know.