See also: Điệp

Vietnamese edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from (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

  1. (archaic, literary) butterfly
    Synonym: hồ điệp
  2. scallop (bivalve mollusc)
  3. scallop powder (used in papermaking)

Noun edit

(classifier cây) điệp

  1. (Southern Vietnam) Caesalpinia pulcherrima
    Synonyms: điệp đỏ, điệp cúng, kim phượng
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Etymology 2 edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Verb edit

điệp

  1. to repeat; to reduplicate
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Etymology 3 edit

Romanization edit

điệp

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of
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Etymology 4 edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Noun edit

điệp

  1. (archaic, historical) official message; official letter
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