điệp

See also: Điệp

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

(classifier con) điệp

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

Noun

(classifier cây) điệp

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

Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Verb

điệp

  1. to repeat; to reduplicate
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Romanization

điệp

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of
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Etymology 4

Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Noun

điệp

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