chiêu

See also: chiều

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕiəw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕiw˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ciw˧˧]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 招.

Noun

chiêu

1. move; trick

See also

Derived terms

• chiêu thức
• chiêu trò

 

Etymology 2

Verb

chiêu

1. to wash down (with)

Etymology 3

Compare Muong chiêu, Proto-Central Bahnaric *-ʔiəw, Proto-Northern-Bahnaric *(ŋ)ʔiaw, Proto-West-Bahnaric *cʔiaw, Proto-South-Bahnaric *gʔiəw, and Middle Chinese 昭 (MC tsyew, “left side of an ancestral shrine”)

Adjective

chiêu • (招, 昭)

1. (archaic, of a direction) left

   Synonym: trái

   Antonym: đăm

   • Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (Sutra of Filial Piety); 15th century Vietnamese by unknown translator, 24b

     埋招梗吒埋󰝡梗媄

     Carry [one's] father on the left shoulder; carry [one's] mother on the right shoulder.

     Vai chiêu gánh cha, vai đăm gánh mẹ.

   • 16th century, Nguyễn Thế Nghi (attributed) Vietnamese translation of "The Story of the Young Woman in Nam Xương" Truyền kỳ mạn lục ("Casual Record of Transmitted Strange-Tales") by Nguyễn Dữ.

     几昭󰝡庄羅拯𠱤𠸂哭沙渃𪾺

     Kẻ chiêu đăm chăng là chẳng sùi sụt khóc sa nước mắt.

     Every one left and right, all sobbed and wept, their tears falling down.

See also

Derived terms

• đăm chiêu