thiếp

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

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

thiếp

1. concubine

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

Sino-Vietnamese word from 帖. Doublet of thiệp.

(classifier cái) thiếp

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

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

• danh thiếp (名帖, “business card”)

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

1. to fall asleep

thiếp • (󰈌, 𢲯)

1. uncommon form of thếp (“to gild”)

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thiếp

1. (uncommon) to absorb

   Synonym: thấm

thiếp

1. (uncommon) absorptive

   Synonym: thấm