điệp khúc

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 疊 (“to repeat”) and 曲 (“section”), i.e. "repeated section".

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗiəp̚˧˨ʔ xʊwk͡p̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗiəp̚˨˩ʔ kʰʊwk͡p̚˦˧˥] ~ [ʔɗiəp̚˨˩ʔ xʊwk͡p̚˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗip̚˨˩˨ kʰʊwk͡p̚˦˥] ~ [ʔɗip̚˨˩˨ xʊwk͡p̚˦˥]

Noun

điệp khúc

1. chorus (a repeated part of a song)