# viên meaning in Vietnamese: for pills (A2)

> viên means “for pills” in Vietnamese. Examples with audio.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/vien-for-pills/ · Updated 2026-10-31

**viên**: for pills

Level: A2 (our estimate)

Typed without accents: vien

## 1. for pills (classifier)

The classifier for small round or solid things: pills, sweets, stones, bricks: *một viên thuốc*, a tablet.

- Ngày uống hai viên. — Take two tablets a day.
- Con chỉ được ăn một viên kẹo thôi nha. — You can only have one candy, OK?

Grammar: [Which classifier: cái for things, con for animals, người for people, and the common others](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/clf-cai-chiec/)

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