Vietnamese

Noun

(classifier tấm, chiếc) hoành phi ‎(橫批)

1. horizontal lacquered board engraved with Chinese characters (usually hung over a door and flanked by two vertical scrolls forming a couplet)

Synonyms

• (horizontal lacquered board): hoàng phi, biển hoành

References

• "hoành phi" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)