hồ điệp

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 蝴蝶 (butterfly).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ho˨˩ ʔɗiəp̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [how˦˩ ʔɗiəp̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [how˨˩ ʔɗip̚˨˩˨]

Noun

hồ điệp

  1. (literary) butterfly