nào

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "nao"

Mandarin

Alternative forms

Romanization

nào (nao4, Zhuyin ㄋㄠˋ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 淖
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 澅 / 𣶩
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 腘
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 腢
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 臋
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鐃 / 铙
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 閙 / 闹
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 闹
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鬧 / 闹

Tày

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

nào (鐃)

  1. cymbals
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Adverb

nào

  1. slightly; somewhat; quite
    nào đây ― quite good
    nào eng ― quite small
    nào lai ― quite a lot

Verb

nào

  1. to get better (after falling sick); to recover
    Pền khẩy nào đây dá.
    I've gotten better.

References

  • Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Determiner

nào • (芇, 𱜢, 閙)

  1. which
    Đi đường nào đây?
    Which road do I take?

Usage notes

  • The interrogative pronoun nào follows the noun it modifies and denotes a choice which is to be made from a known set of things or people. Note that if nào follows a noun used together with a classifier, the noun may be omitted in the reply, but the classifier is required.
Anh mua quyển từ điển nào? ― Which dictionary are you buying?
Tôi mua quyển (từ điển) kia. ― I am buying that one.

See also

Derived terms

See also

Vietnamese demonstratives
Proximal
(*-iː) 		Distal 1
(*-iːʔ) 		Distal 2
(*-əːʔ) 		Distal 3/
Remote
(*-ɔːʔ) 		Interrogative
(rime was a rounded
back vowel)
Place, attributive1
n- 		ni
nì
này/nầy
nây 		nấy nớ nọ
(nó) 		nào
Place, nominal2
đ- 		đây đấy
(ấy) 		— đó đâu
Manner
r- 		ri
rày 		— rứa — ru
sao3
Extent 14
b- 		bây bấy — — bao
Extent 25
v- 		vầy vậy — — —
1 Originally can only follow a nominal (being used attributively), hence nơi này (“this place; here”), nơi nào (“where”) (no longer completely true in the modern language).
2 Can be used on its own/is itself nominal, hence đây (“here”), đâu (“where”).
3 From earlier *C-raːw (where *C is nonspecific consonant).
4 Placed before the head: bây nhiêu (“this much”), bấy nhiêu (“that much”), bao nhiêu (“how much”).
5 Placed after the head: nhanh vầy (“this fast”), nhanh vậy (“that fast/so fast”).
Visibility/evidentiality6
Distal
(ngang) 		Remote
(huyền)
Northern-Southern kia
(cơ) 		kìa
(cờ)
Central tê tề
6 Originally, these demonstratives might have been used to assert that something is visible and/or verifiable. They have been bleached quite thoroughly and currently are usually used like other distal demonstratives. The biggest trace of their evidentiality might be in their usage as final particles, often in reduced forms cơ/cờ: ừ đấy về tới Hà Nội, còn những ba cái cầu nữa cơ mà! ("From there to Hanoi, there're still three more bridges to cross!") (Ba ngày luân lạc, 1943).


Particle

nào • (芇, 𱜢, 閙)

  1. come on; come on now
    Nào anh em ơi !
    Hey y'all!
    Nhanh lên coi nào!
    Hurry up will ya! / Stop draggin' your feet!
    Chúng ta đi nào!
    Let's go!

Adverb

nào • (芇, 𱜢, 閙)

  1. (literary) not (negates meaning of verb)
    nào dám hơn thua ― dare not to show any competitiveness
    Nào có ai hay.
    There is no one who knows.
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