đẹp

/ɗɛ́p/
adjective★Beginner
formalinformal

Beautiful, pretty, or handsome (referring to appearance, objects, or abstract concepts)

Cô ấy rất đẹp.

She is very beautiful.

Bức tranh này đẹp quá!

This painting is so beautiful!

💡

Can describe people, nature, art, or ideas.

informal

Attractive or pleasing (referring to qualities beyond appearance)

Âm nhạc đẹp làm tôi cảm động.

The beautiful music moved me.

Collocations

đẹp như tranhas beautiful as a paintingđẹp lạunusually beautifulđẹp như mơbeautiful like a dream

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Related Phrases

đẹp lạphrase
unusually beautiful
đẹp như tranhphrase
as beautiful as a painting

💡Pro Tip

Common Usage

'Đẹp' is a versatile adjective that can describe people, objects, or abstract concepts like music or ideas.

⚡Gold Rule

Gender-Neutral

'Đẹp' can describe both men and women, unlike some languages that have separate words for 'handsome' and 'beautiful'.

📖Word Origin

From Middle Vietnamese, derived from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɗəp (to be beautiful).

📝Usage Notes

Often used to describe physical beauty but can also refer to aesthetic or moral beauty.

Word Breakdown

đẹp
beautiful
root
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