cáo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cao"

Mandarin

Alternative forms

  • caononstandard

Romanization

cáo (cao2, Zhuyin ㄘㄠˊ)

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Tày

Pronunciation

Verb

cáo

  1. to scrape
    cáo niểng lếchto scrape iron rust

References

  • Lương Bèn (2011), Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[1][2] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Compare Muong cảo.

Noun

(classifier con) cáo • (𤞺)

  1. fox (Vulpes)
    Cáo quần đảo Channel là loài cực kỳ nguy cấp.
    The Channel Islands fox is critically endangered.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

    Sino-Vietnamese word from .

    Noun

    (classifier bài) cáo

    1. (history) royal edict-like announcement
      Bình Ngô đại cáoGreat Proclamation upon the Pacification of the Wu

    Etymology 3

      Sino-Vietnamese word from . Doublet of kiếu.

      Verb

      cáo

      1. (literary, in certain expressions) to denounce
        cáo quan về quê ở ẩnto resign from one's post as an official to come back to one's hometown

      Romanization

      cáo

      1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of
      Derived terms