thiếp

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰiəp̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰiəp̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰip̚˦˥]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 妾 (“concubine”).

Noun

thiếp

1. concubine

Pronoun

thiếp

1. (archaic, now literary, chiefly fiction, women's speech, endearing) I/me (referring to a beloved woman)

   Antonym: chàng

   • c. 1800, Hồ Xuân Hương, Đánh cờ [A Game of Xiangqi]:

     俍众妾胋陳濁

     Chàng với thiếp đêm khuya trằn trọc

     You and I, in the dead of night

Derived terms

• hầu thiếp
• năm thê bảy thiếp
• thần thiếp
• thê thiếp
• tiện thiếp

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 帖. Doublet of thiệp.

Noun

(classifier cái) thiếp

1. card, such as greeting card, Christmas card, etc.

Usage notes

• See cạc and bài for the difference in usage of each term.

Derived terms

• danh thiếp (名帖, “business card”)

Etymology 3

Verb

thiếp • (惬, 𢜡, 愜, 淁) (reduplication thiêm thiếp, thiếp thiếp)

1. to fall asleep

Derived terms

• thầy thiếp

Etymology 4

Verb

thiếp • (󰈌, 𢲯)

1. Uncommon form of thếp (“to gild”).

Derived terms

• sơn son thiếp vàng

Etymology 5

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

thiếp

1. (uncommon) to absorb

   Synonym: thấm

Adjective

thiếp

1. (uncommon) absorptive

   Synonym: thấm