điệp

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Vietnamese

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Etymology 1

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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

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(classifier con) điệp

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

Noun

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(classifier cây) điệp

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

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Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Verb

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điệp

  1. to repeat; to reduplicate
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Romanization

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điệp

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of
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Etymology 4

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Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Noun

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điệp

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