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phép

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Vietnamese

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Etymology 1

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

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    phép (𪶏 - 𪫚, )

    1. custom
      phải phépappropriate, according to custom
      vô phépwithout manners
    2. permission; authorization
      xin phépto ask for permission
      cấp phépto grant permission
      cho phépto allow to
      giấy phépa permit
      nghỉ phépto take permitted leave
      trái phépunauthorized
    3. a methodology
      phép biện chứngdialectic
      phép chiếua type of projection
      phép tínhan arithmetic
    4. (archaic) feudal law
      phép vuathe law, as decreed by the monarch
    Derived terms
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    Descendants
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    • Tai Dam: ꪵꪠꪚ (phép)

    Etymology 2

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    Clipping of phép thuật (magic).

    Noun

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    phép

    1. a magical power
      Tôn Ngộ Không có 72 phép biến hoá.
      Sun Wukong can perform 72 different transformations.

    Adjective

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    phép

    1. magical
      đũa phépa magic wand