đào

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dao"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːw˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːw˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːw˨˩]
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Etymology 1

    Sino-Vietnamese word from (peach). Doublet of điều (cashew).

    Noun

    (classifier cây, trái, quả) đào

    1. peach
      • 1936, Vũ Đình Liên, Ông đồ [The Old Nho Master]:
        Mỗi năm hoa đào nở
        Lại thấy ông đồ già
        Bày mực Tàu, giấy đỏ
        Bên phố đông người qua
        Every year, when peach flowers bloom
        There is that old Nho master again
        Putting out Chinese ink, red paper
        At a corner of a crowded street
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    Etymology 2

    From Proto-Vietic *daːw.

    Compare Trans-Himalayan comparanda like Burmese တူး (tu:), Nuosu (ndu), Drung du. Despite the identical Sino-Vietnamese reading, (MC daw) is seemingly a false cognate, and its meaning "to dig" is most likely secondary, derived from "to take out, to fish out".

    Verb

    đào • (, , )

    1. to dig up, to unearth
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    Etymology 3

    Verb

    đào

    1. (historical) a songstress or an actress in certain types of Vietnamese performance art
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    Etymology 4

    Romanization

    đào

    1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of
    Derived terms

    Etymology 5

    Romanization

    đào

    1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of
    Derived terms

    Etymology 6

    Romanization

    đào

    1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of
    Derived terms