bì phu
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 皮膚, composed of 皮 and 膚.
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓi˨˩ fu˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓɪj˦˩ fʊw˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓɪj˨˩ fʊw˧˧]
Noun edit
- (Chinese fiction and historical contexts and alternative medicine) skin; dermis
- Synonyms: da, da dẻ
- Mười hôm sau, Biển Thước về yết kiến Hoàn Hầu, lại nói: “Vua có bịnh ở bì phu, phải chữa đi.”
- Ten days later, Bian Que returned to have an audience with the Marquis Huan, and said: "The king has an illness in his skin, and it must be treated".
- (literary, obsolete) the outside; the surface; the superficial part