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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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Proper noun
Mẹo
- (in Laos) Miao or Hmong, an Asian ethnic group whose homeland is in the mountainous regions around Guizhou, southern China, and northern Vietnam and Laos.
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 卯 (SV: Mão). Some dictionaries (such as Thiều Chửu's) consider it as Sino-Vietnamese, but the nặng tone in Mẹo is unlikely to be developed from the Middle Chinese rising tone and eo is unlikely to be a Sino-Vietnamese rhyme, compared to the likely tone and rhyme in Mão. See also Tí, Thìn, Ngọ, Mùi.
Proper noun
Mẹo
- Rare form of Mão.