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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 消 (“to consume; to cease”)
Verb
tiêu
- Clipping of tiêu hoá (“to digest”). (to separate food in the alimentary canal)
- ăn không tiêu ― not to be able to digest food
- (figurative) to be able to take in and process knowledge or information
- chậm tiêu ― dim-witted
- (only in compounds) to cease to exist
- tiêu tan ― to vanish
- tiêu đời ― to drop dead
- (informal) to be screwed bigtime
- Clipping of tiêu dùng (“to spend”). (to expend money)
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 簫.
Noun
tiêu
- (music) a vertical bamboo flute used in traditional Vietnamese music
Etymology 3
Sino-Vietnamese word from 椒.
Noun
(classifier cây) tiêu
- (cooking) several plants – of the genus Xanthoxylum and the family Piperaceae – which are used as spices; pepper (excluding chilli pepper)
Derived terms
Etymology 4
Romanization
tiêu
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 焦
See also
Etymology 5
Romanization
tiêu
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 硝
See also