cáo

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cao"

Mandarin

Alternative forms

Romanization

cáo (cao2, Zhuyin ㄘㄠˊ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 傮
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嘈
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嶆
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 曹
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 曺
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 槽
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 漕
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 艚
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蓸
  10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 螬
  11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 褿
  12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鏪

Tày

Pronunciation

Verb

cáo

  1. to scrape
    cáo niểng lếch ― to scrape iron rust

References

  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Compare Muong cảo.

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Could it be that this word was borrowed from 狗 (gǒu, “dog”)? The loanword couldn't replace the dominant native word (in this case, chó) and so was assigned to a similar animal. See also the case of borrowed hồng (“pink”), from 紅／红 (“red”), vs. native đỏ. However, it seems that foxes were more often associated with weasels instead of dogs.”
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Noun

(classifier con) cáo • (𤞺)

  1. a fox (Vulpes)
    Cáo quần đảo Channel là loài cực kỳ nguy cấp.
    The Channel Islands fox is critically endangered.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 誥.

Noun

cáo

  1. (history) royal edict-like announcement
    Bình Ngô đại cáo ― Great Proclamation upon the Pacification of the Wu

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from 告. Doublet of kiếu.

Verb

cáo

  1. (literary, in certain expressions) to denounce
    cáo quan về quê ở ẩn ― to resign from one's post as an official to come back to one's hometown

Romanization

cáo

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 告
Derived terms
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