xào

See also: xáo, xảo, xạo, and xa'o

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 炒 (“stir fry”, SV: sao).

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [saːw˨˩]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [saːw˦˩]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [saːw˨˩]
    • Homophone: sào (Northern Vietnam)
    • Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

    Verb

    xào • (𤇤)

    1. (cooking) to stir fry
      phở xào ― stir-fried pho
    2. to rehash
      Cái bọn này cứ xào đi xào lại kịch bản hoài.
      They just keep rehashing the script over and over again.
    3. (card games) to shuffle
      Để tao xào bài cho chắc ăn. ― Let me shuffle the cards just to be sure.

    Derived terms

    • chiên xào
    • xào nấu

    See also

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