chiêu

See also: chiều, chiếu, and chiểu

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 招.

    Noun

    chiêu

    1. move; trick
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    chiêu

    1. to wash down (with)

    Etymology 3

    Compare Muong chiêu, Proto-Central Bahnaric *-ʔiəw, Proto-Northern-Bahnaric *(ŋ)ʔiaw, Proto-West-Bahnaric *cʔiaw, Proto-South-Bahnaric *gʔiəw, and Middle Chinese 昭 (MC tsyew, “left side of an ancestral shrine”)

    Adjective

    chiêu • (招, 昭)

    1. (obsolete, of a direction) left
      Synonym: trái
      Antonym: đăm
      • Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (Sutra of Filial Piety); 15th century Vietnamese by unknown translator, 24b
        埋招梗吒埋󰝡梗媄
        Vai chiêu gánh cha, vai đăm gánh mẹ.
        Carry [one's] father on the left shoulder; carry [one's] mother on the right shoulder.
      • 16th century, Nguyễn Thế Nghi (attributed) Vietnamese translation of "The Story of the Young Woman in Nam Xương" Truyền kỳ mạn lục ("Casual Record of Transmitted Strange-Tales") by Nguyễn Dữ.
        几昭󰝡庄羅拯𠱤𠸂哭沙渃𪾺
        Kẻ chiêu đăm chăng là chẳng sùi sụt khóc sa nước mắt.
        Every one left and right, all sobbed and wept, their tears falling down.
    Derived terms
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