điệp
See also: Điệp
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 蝶 (“butterfly”).
The sense of "scallop" is due to the visual similarity between scallop's valves and butterfly's wings when spread.
Noun edit
(classifier con) điệp
- (archaic, literary) butterfly
- Synonym: hồ điệp
- scallop (bivalve mollusc)
- scallop powder (used in papermaking)
Noun edit
(classifier cây) điệp
- (Southern Vietnam) Caesalpinia pulcherrima
- Synonyms: điệp đỏ, điệp cúng, kim phượng
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Etymology 2 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 疊.
Verb edit
điệp
- to repeat; to reduplicate
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Etymology 3 edit
Romanization edit
điệp
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 諜
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Etymology 4 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 牒.
Noun edit
điệp
- (archaic, historical) official message; official letter
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