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]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [how˨˩ ʔɗip̚˨˩˨]
Noun
hồ điệp
- (literary) butterfly