phép

Vietnamese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Noun

phép • (𪶏 - 𪫚, 法)

  1. custom
    phải phép ― appropriate, according to custom
    vô phép ― without manners
  2. permission; authorization
    xin phép ― to ask for permission
    cấp phép ― to grant permission
    cho phép ― to allow to
    giấy phép ― a permit
    nghỉ phép ― to take permitted leave
    trái phép ― unauthorized
  3. a methodology
    phép biện chứng ― dialectic
    phép chiếu ― a type of projection
    phép tính ― an arithmetic
  4. (archaic) feudal law
    phép vua ― the 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 phép ― a magic wand
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