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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 招.
Noun
chiêu
- move; trick
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
chiêu
- 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)
- (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- Carry father on the left shoulder; carry mother on the right shoulder.
- Vai chiêu gánh cha, vai đăm gánh mẹ.
- 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.
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