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Mandarin
Romanization
háo (hao2, Zhuyin ㄏㄠˊ)
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 儫
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 勂
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 号
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 呵
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嗥
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嘷
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 噑
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嚎
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 壕
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 椃
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 毫
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 滜
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 濠
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 獆
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 獋
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 獔
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 皈
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 籇
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 虛 / 虚
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蚖
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蠔 / 蚝
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 諕 / 𬤀
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 譹 / 𬤫
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 豪
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 貇
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 貉
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𠢕
Vietnamese
Etymology
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 好 (SV: hiếu). This form is from the verbal 好 (MC xawH, “to be fond of, to like”), while the reading hảo is from the adjectival 好 (MC xawX, “good”). In term of phonetic development, although it is not considered "standard" Sino-Vietnamese, háo would be the expected Sino-Vietnamese reflex of the verbal form, not hiếu.
Compare 告 (MC kawH), which has the regular reading cáo, while kiếu is non-SV.
Pronunciation
Verb
háo • (好, 𣉶)
- to crave (to want strongly)
- háo thắng/hiếu thắng ― competitive (literally, “hell-bent on winning”)
- háo sắc/hiếu sắc ― prone to chasing or hitting on women
Derived terms
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