cháo

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See also: chao, Chao, chāo, chǎo, chào, chão, and chảo

Mandarin

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Romanization

cháo (chao2, Zhuyin ㄔㄠˊ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嘲
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 巢
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 巣
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 晁
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 朔
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 朝
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 樔
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 潮
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 濢
  10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 窲
  11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 謿
  12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 轈／𬨓
  13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鄛
  14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鼂／鼌
  15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鼌

Vietnamese

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cháo

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *caːwʔ. Cognate with Tho caːw³.

Compare also Mang kacaːw⁶, Puoc caːw.

Pronunciation

Noun

cháo • (粥, 粩, 𥹙, 𥺊)

  1. rice congee; rice porridge
    Cơm gì nhão như cháo thế này!
    What kind of loose watery rice is this!? This isn't rice, it's congee!
    Làm việc thiếu quyết đoán thì rốt cuộc cũng chẳng nên cơm cháo gì.
    Indecisiveness will not produce any acceptable result.
    (literally, “When it comes to doing anything, if there's lack of decisiveness, in the end there'll be no rice nor congee.”)

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