chiều

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See also: chiêu

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “The term is probably of foreign origin but I don't find 朝 plausible, and 𪤾 is just another phonosemantic compound, with characters chosen for obvious reasons. An IP proposed that it is the same etymology as etymology 2 below.”

Noun

chiều • (朝, 𣊿, 𣋂, 𣎢, 𪤾, 𫠧, 𬩕) (phonemic reduplicative chiều chiều)

  1. late afternoon; early evening
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Etymology 2

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 朝 (“towards; to face”, SV: triêu, trào).

 chiều on Vietnamese Wikipedia

Noun

chiều

  1. the direction; course (from one point in space to another)
    theo chiều từ A đến B ― follow the direction from A to B
    theo chiều từ bắc xuống nam ― follow the direction from north to south
  2. a dimension
    không gian 3 chiều ― 3D space
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Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

chiều • (𢢅)

  1. to coddle; to pamper; to spoil
    Anh đừng có chiều nó ! Phải dạy cho nó biết quý trọng giá trị đồng tiền.
    Stop coddling her! You should be showing her how to appreciate the true value of money.
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