phép

Vietnamese

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (rule, custom, method, SV: pháp). Doublet of Pháp. Cognate with Lao ແບບ (bǣp), Thai แบบ (bɛ̀ɛp), Khmer បែប (baep).

Pronunciation

Noun

phép • (𪶏 - 𪫚, )

  1. custom
    phải phépappropriate, according to custom
    vô phépwithout manners
  2. permission; authorization
    xin phépto ask for permission
    cấp phépto grant permission
    cho phépto allow to
    giấy phépa permit
    nghỉ phépto take permitted leave
    trái phépunauthorized
  3. a methodology
    phép biện chứngdialectic
    phép chiếua type of projection
    phép tínhan arithmetic
  4. (archaic) feudal law
    phép vuathe law, as decreed by the monarch
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Clipping of phép thuật (magic).

Noun

phép

  1. a magical power
    Tôn Ngộ Không có 72 phép biến hoá.
    Sun Wukong can perform 72 different transformations.

Adjective

phép

  1. magical
    đũa phépa magic wand
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