đẹp
Vietnamese
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛp̚˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛp̚˨˩ʔ]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛp̚˨˩˨]
Adjective
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):
- 畧惵意𡢐些別情
- Trước là đẹp ý, sau ta biết tình.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 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”)
- nice
- quần áo đẹp ― nice clothing
- trời đẹp ― nice weather
Derived terms
Derived terms
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