The story
- Chinese · derived from邊 /边
- Chinese · derived from奠
- Chinese · derived from奠邊 /奠边
- Vietnamese · derived fromĐiện Biên
- French · borrowed fromDiên Biên
- English todayDien Bien
From French Diên Biên, from Vietnamese Điện Biên, from 奠邊 (Chinese 奠邊 /奠边 (Diànbiān)), from 奠 (Chinese 奠) + 邊 (Chinese 邊 /边 (biān)) Literally, “stable frontier”.
Words from the same roots
VietnameseĐiện Biên all →
Điện Biên
Chinese奠邊 all →
Dien Bien Phu
Chinese奠 all →
Dien Bien Phu
Chinese邊 all →
Dien Bien Phu
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.