điêu

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See also: dieu, Dieu, Diệu, điếu, điều, điệu, điểu, diệu, diều, and diệu

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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Particularly: “Sino-Vietnamese word from 刁 (“to lie”).”

Adjective

điêu • (叼)

  1. (chiefly Northern Vietnam) habitually dishonest; very inclined to lie
    Người đâu mà điêu ngoa !
    You lie like you breathe, don't you?
    Đừng có điêu ! Không đời nào mày làm nổi !
    Don't BS me! No way you could do it!

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 鵰

Noun

điêu

  1. (wuxia fiction) a giant eagle in Jin Yong's wuxia novels and their live action adaptations
    Synonym: chim điêu
    Anh hùng xạ điêu
    The Eagle-Shooting Heroes
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