đẹp

See also: dep, DEP, and dép

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɛp̚˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɛp̚˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɛp̚˨˩˨]

Adjective edit

đẹp • (惵, 擛, 葉, 𢢲, 𫅠, 𬙾, 󰄮, 󰽨)

beautiful
Antonym: xấu

Tốt gỗ hơn tốt nước sơn, xấu người đẹp nết còn hơn đẹp người.
Good woodwork is better than good finish, ugliness with a good personality is better than good looks.
- 1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Đoạn trường tân thanh (Truyện Kiều)‎^[1]:
  畧󰑼惵意𡢐些別情
  Trước là đẹp ý, sau ta biết tình.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1. pleasant to look at; good-looking
  Synonym: đẹp mắt
  
  cái đẹp ― beauty
  
  đẹp gái ― (of girls or women) beautiful
  
  đẹp trai ― (of boys or men) handsome
  
  cảnh đẹp ― a beautiful landscape
  
  người đẹp vì lụa, lúa tốt vì phân
  clothes make person look good the way fertilizer helps rice grow
  (literally, “people look good thanks to silk, rice grows well thanks to fertilizer”)
2. nice
  quần áo đẹp ― nice clothing
  
  trời đẹp ― nice weather

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